[fpc-other] Felipe: Java and multi-threading

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 2017-05-26 15:56, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> Attached is the corrected version of your sample application without the
> volatile keyword. It is worth noting that using volatile is faster, but
> also has its limits (ie: you can't protect a whole block of code or
> actions).

To add to this, there is also a memory access effect between volatile 
and synchronize. For a detailed explanation, take a look the marked 
"correct answer" in this StackOverflow topic:

 
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3519664/difference-between-volatile-and-synchronized-in-java



Regards,
   Graeme

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