Interprocess communication is an essential component of modern software engineering. Often, lock-free IPC is accomplished via special processor commands. This article propose a communication type that requires only atomic writing of processor word fro...

Writing lock-free code can confound anyone-even expert programmers, as Herb shows in this article.

Presents a solution to races and deadlocks based on a well-known deadlock-avoidance protocol and shows how it can be enforced by the compiler. It can be applied to programs in which the number of locks is fixed and known up front.

Practical Approaches for Distributing HTTP Traffic by Ralf S. Engelschall.

Round-Robin DNS vs. Proxying. From: Web Techniques Magazine.

Discusses the addition of almost all of TR1 to the new C++ Standard.

Understanding compiler rules better equips you to interpret messages the compiler sends you.

When dealing with realtime systems, IPC overhead becomes important; examines two of the best IPC mechanisms available for Linux: FIFO, shared memory. [Dr. Dobb's Journal]

Part 2 of 2: W. Edwards Deming's Total Quality Management still rings true for software; rules for lean coding. Dr. Dobb's.

Part 1 of 2: Assembly-line production techniques apply to software, too. Dr. Dobb's.