tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14415229.post1177668830766486730..comments2023-10-10T16:55:02.139+02:00Comments on Chase The Devil: The Art of Multiprocessor Programming Book ReviewFabienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07288327695801480778noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14415229.post-36831949414860703072010-07-23T14:00:16.668+02:002010-07-23T14:00:16.668+02:00Hello,I've zoomed through this book in google ...Hello,<br>I've zoomed through this book in google books after looking for a good book on concurrent programming on Amazon (and reading very positive feedbacks).<br>The books apparently presents a lot of interesting concepts for someone (like me) who is not acquainted with the subject.<br>Now, I'm reading your positive review and would really like to buy the book!<br>However, I do not program in Java (I'm a C and C++ programmer, using the qt framework). Is the book still worth it? I mean: are the concepts "general" enough, without laying too much stress on the facilities by Java in terms of multiprocessor programming?<br><br>Thanks for your answer.Erwin Schaefernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14415229.post-66460904331157451902008-09-14T05:45:00.000+02:002008-09-14T05:45:00.000+02:00I'm glad my post prompted you to buy the book....I'm glad my post prompted you to buy the book. :-)<br><br>I found the book to be really helpful in helping me think through lock-free algorithms. For example, afterwards I wrote a ConcurrentLinkedHashMap using ideas from the book and Cliff Click's talks. It works beautifully, although I've been too swamped to finish the testing (when I do, I'll throw it over the fence to Ehcache/concurrency-list).<br><br>So I found that the ideas and rigor of the book really helpful in preparing one to write new algorithms.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00834822013559658168noreply@blogger.com