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I often hear that Java atomic types (java.util.concurrent.atomic) are super-fast and play nicely with highly concurrent code. Most of the time, atomics do their job in a robust and efficient manner. However, there are scenarios in which the hidden cost of unmanaged contention on atomic types becomes a serious performance issue. Let’s take a look […]