Lock-Free Data Structures and Wait-Free Algorithms in Go: From Theory to Practice
Have you ever been stuck in a bank line where everyone needs to visit the same teller? Frustrating, right? Now imagine a bank where every customer could magically make their transaction without waiting for others to finish. Sounds like a dream? Well, that’s exactly what lock-free and wait-free programming aims to achieve in the world of concurrent computing! The Concurrent Programming Challenge Let’s start with a simple scenario. Imagine you and your roommate share a kitchen (our computer’s memory), and you’re both trying to make sandwiches (execute operations) at the same time.