Hi all. Sorry I'm late. Introduction follows.
I've been specializing in Java consulting the past 3 years. I've been trying
to get to the bottom of the Java Memory Model (JMM) since 11/96 when a
co-worker asked that I read the fine print in JLS, Chapter 17.
I seem to have a real knack for finding non-JMM-compliant code in other
people's programs.
Concerning Bill Pugh's list of goals, they look OK for now, but I need to
study them more.
Generally, I tend to side more with the programmer than with the compiler or
machine. For example, I think it's out of character for a language designed
for correctness, portability, and security -- a language without pointers,
with garbage collection, and with runtime checking of array indices and type
conversions -- to be so programmer-unfriendly when it comes to threads. (I
even suspect that threads are the wrong concurrency abstraction for Java,
but I don't know what a better one would be.)
I've sent lots of email about the JMM to anyone I thought might be remotely
interested. One ot these letters was published in JavaWorld:
Loose threads? in JavaWorld, Letter to Ed. (4-5-99)
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-1999/jw-04-letters2.html
I also wrote an article about using threads correctly in Swing's
single-threaded subsystem. You won't find a lot of JMM-specific content
here, though I do refer to it in the last two paragraphs of the conclusion:
Swing Threads in The Swing Connection. (5-25-99)
http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/tech_topics/threads3/threads3.html
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