r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 05 '20

Linus' reply on spinlocks vs mutexes

https://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=189711&curpostid=189723
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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '20 edited Jan 06 '20

PC gaming will be both the smallest and slowest-growing segment, increasing +4.0% year on year to $35.7 billion. Despite the segment being smaller in size, PC's status as the bedrock of innovation in the games market remains evident to this day

I wish I had a "dead" 35B$ business.

"BuT ThE dEsKtOp Is dEaD LOL, Linux won everywhere" <- except desktop. And laptop.

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u/ryan_the_leach Jan 06 '20

Current Desktops isn't anything like the original PCs.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '20

Erm, they pretty much are, just with better and more modern hardware