A lock that times out but doesn't poll

[Cameron Laird]

In article <yzKqd.5915789$6p.948699 at news.easynews.com>,
Jive <someone at microsoft.com> wrote:
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>B) Writing bug-free code is quite possible when the job is well-defined and
>"from scratch."
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?  !?  Who has "well-defined" jobs?