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From: randy@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Longshot)
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Subject: Do I need locks?
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Date: 1 Jun 90 19:27:15 GMT
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I am developing some curve-fitting software for a 2-d array (a surface). I
would like to use parallelism to solve several lines in parallel. If I
declare a block of shared memory A[num_vectors][vec_size], and I know for a
fact that no 2 processes will ever consider accessing the same vector, let
alone simultaneously, do I need to concern myself with semaphores and such?

Randy
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