Malconcurrency: A Proposed New Term

A proposal: I'd like to coin "malconcurrency" as a new, better term for what we previously referred to as a race condition, data race or thread race. Why? It avoids confusion by readers/listeners who might accidentally assume that "race" meant in the sense of a humam race, ethnicity or skin color. By using a distinct word we avoid that tar pit entirely. This concern seems increasingly important in an era where folks feel they need to be more careful in a professional or academic context lest they be accused of racism or discrimination.

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Thread Safety in C++ and Rust

Lately I’ve been experimenting with Rust, and I want to report some of whatI’ve learned about thread-safety. I am an enthusiastic dabbler in Rust: Ispend mo...