| ??? 06/07/10 06:59 Read: times |
#176462 - Key sentence Responding to: ???'s previous message |
In the Summary, right at the end (my emphasis):
John Regehr said:
most programmers who write user-mode C and C++ can get away without ever using volatile. Also, the vast majority of kernel mode programmers will seldom if ever need volatile. It is primarily needed by people working near bare metal; for example, working on an embedded microcontroller or porting an OS to a new platform.
http://blog.regehr.org/archives/28 Which is why it is so applicable to forums like this one! This'll be one to cite whenever people think of writing delay loops in 'C'... |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| How to break your code with 'volatile' | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| and for those, who prefer Slovak to English... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| A recommended read. | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Key sentence | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Another key sentence for any form of debugging | 01/01/70 00:00 |