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by squeaky-clean
1361 days ago
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> If you know of any more reliable source that doesn't agree with Wikipedia on the definition of "race condition", please post it here. Other commenters have already covered that. The links you shared aren't good primary sources, and probably took their definition from Wikipedia itself, creating a circular reference issue. |
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I remember learning about race conditions in college, and they were always mentioned in the context of bugs - that's why I took Wikipedia itself for granted, as its definition fit my current understanding of the word.
It seems to be a case of popular usage of the word differing from the original. It also raises a question of whether or not the original intended meaning is the authority, if the majority of programmers use it in a different way. Who should, in general, be the authority on the meaning of a word? But that's more of a philosophical question, I suppose.