Do you think this is a fundamental trade-off, or does it just happen that the structures we know about that are good at lock-free happen to have a lot of random access?
Kind of a loaded question, because obviously new research might reveal new algorithms. I'm just trying to get an idea whether you think there is a fundamental connection between lock-free and random-access structures.
Kind of a loaded question, because obviously new research might reveal new algorithms. I'm just trying to get an idea whether you think there is a fundamental connection between lock-free and random-access structures.