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		smcdow on Dec 29, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Combining coins to reach a target sum (C, Python) Please explain why this would be true for single-threaded applications.

vonuebelgarten on Dec 30, 2011 [–]

Because your signal handler may get interrupted by another signal.

smcdow on Dec 30, 2011 | [–]

So what? Even then, there will be no concurrency issues in a single threaded application.

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