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A partial ordering of events based on the happened-before relation.
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For example, if lock (a) is being acquired by two threads, then the unlock by one thread is said to have happened-before the lock of another thread.
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Thread 1's unlock happened-before Thread 2's lock.
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A partial ordering of events based on the happened-before relation.
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A partial ordering of events based on the happened-before relation.
doggdot.us 2008
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