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Expand Up @@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ This fundamental work emphasizes controlling the complexity of software systems
* What does concurrency mean?
* What is the shared state? How it can be done? What problems can appear because of shared state?
* Explain all possible interleaving the order of events for two processes when first one executes the expression: `balance += 10;` and the second one: `balance *= 2;`?
* Will be the problems with concurrency same if we had no assignment in the language (only immutable data)?
* Why do assignments in the language force programmer to admit time in the modeling?
* Will problems with concurrency be the same if we have no assignment in the language (only immutable data)?
* Why do assignments in the language force programmer to admit time in modeling?
* What does serialization mean and what is its purpose?
* Why serialization doesn't help for such an operation like swapping the balances in two bank accounts?
* What is the mutex? How does it help with problems arisen because of concurrency?
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