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Chapter 6
Advanced Synchronization
Measure twice. Cut once.
{Carpenter'smotto
The biggest speedup your program will ever see is when
it goes from \not working" to \working." That's innite
speedup.
{JohnOusterhout
Premature optimization is the root of all evil (or at least
most of it) in programming.
{DonKnuth
When two trains approach each other at a crossing, both
shall come to a full stop and neither shall start up again
until the other has gone.
{Kansaslaw,1920s
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