Quote: simplify concurrent programming by lightweight transactions; use for shared data, object instantiation, exceptions, and blocking

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Concurrent programming is notoriously difficult. Current abstractions are … that these problems can be addressed by moving … they require. In our scheme the programmer demarks … transactions can update shared data, instantiate objects, invoke … [throw exceptions] and so on. They can also block, waiting for arbitrary …   Google-1   Google-2

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