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Inside Macintosh: Networking With Open Transport / Part 2 - Open Transport Reference
Chapter 27 - Utilities Reference / Functions


Atomic Operations

Open Transport supplies a number of atomic functions that you can use in your code. The primary reason for these routines is that atomic operations minimize the need for turning interrupts on and off. A secondary reason is to make your code multiprocessor safe.


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