Errata

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• p. 95 (Listing 5.1): The last line in the critical section within ThreadBody() is incorrect. The code should read:

  tmp = sharedA;
  sharedA = sharedB + 4;
  sharedB = tmp - 2;
  

• p. 132 (Listing 6.6): The definition of lister is incorrect when dealing with negative numbers. The correct code is:

  fun lister 0 i = []
    | lister n i = (i)::(lister ((abs n)-1) i);
  

• p. 265 (Figure 13.1): There is a missing box in the third row for the column "waiting" for the work unit C. The figure should look like:

  

A few typos have also been found in the text. They are listed below. If you encounter any that are not listed here, please share them so that we can update the text for potential future editions.

• p. 31: The sentence containing "...performing basic arithmetic movement of data ..." should have a comma in there and read "...performing basic arithmetic, movement of data ..."
• p. 182 : "We illustrate a the access patterns ...". Drop the spurious 'a'.
• p. 255 : "...take place while before the sublists are...". The word 'while' does not belong and should be dropped.
• p. 305 : "Massachusetts" contains a typo near the bottom of the page.

Credits for finding errors: Andy Gimblett, Dan Nagle, Holger Blaar

Updated: February 2011