Stages of lock-free programming:
1. it works
2. it works on x86
3. you learn x86 was hiding your ordering bugs the whole time
4. the ARM port ships
5. you finally read what acquire and release actually promise
in 1983 a Lucasfilm engineer discovered you can legally interleave a switch and a do-while in C
it's called Duff's Device. it still compiles and technically valid C
Tom Duff's own words: "it amazes me that after 10 years of writing C there are still corners I haven't fully explored."
Turned this black dress outfit into a date night journal page.
A slip dress, an oversized blazer, soft evening light, and that ready-to-go feeling.
Some outfits feel like little memories before the night even starts.