Question

1,What is the following code an example of:

volatile int i = 0;

static void *f1(void *p) {

while (i==0) {

/* do nothing - just keep checking over and over */

}

printf("i's value has changed to %d.\n", i);

return NULL; }

/* i is global, so it is visible to all functions. It's also marked volatile, because it may change in a way which is not predictable by the compiler, here from a different thread.*/

Question 14 options:

	interpreted language
	busy waiting
	attribute grammar
	concurrency

Answer 1

busy waiting