Snark aside, I added a bit to clarify that the first example is contrived, implemented as such for illustrative purposes, and a mutex would actually be a better choice in the trivial case.
I would have understood snarking at my original (admittedly somewhat snarky) comment. I'm not sure why you felt the need to snark at my constructive criticism, which you actually took-
It's maybe a bit silly having a conversation about tone on Hacker News, but generally people tend to respond better when you don't state opinions, especially critical ones, as though they're fact. See "The article is flawed because you..." and "It would have been much better had you..." I statements FTW.
I don't think the original version was particularly flawed, and your description of why you think it was doesn't make a lot of sense to me. But I added a note anyway to make it clear that I do in fact know about the alternative approaches, and that I made the choices I made deliberately and not out of ignorance.
Regardless, I appreciate you taking the time to read it, and to give your feedback. Cheers.
