Dan Luu 8/5/2016

Notes on concurrency bugs

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This article explores the nature of concurrency bugs, arguing that while most bugs are simple, rare non-deterministic concurrency bugs consume a massive amount of debugging time. It summarizes key findings from academic literature, including studies on MySQL, Firefox, and OpenOffice, regarding the prevalence of deadlock vs. non-deadlock bugs and the subtle, latent nature of semantic failures.

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