# Aria Beingessner - The Tower of Weakenings - Memory Models for Everyone (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article0.00998d930354.png) ## Metadata **Cover**:: https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article0.00998d930354.png **Source**:: #from/readwise **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Aria Beingessner]] **Full Title**:: The Tower of Weakenings - Memory Models for Everyone **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [gankra.github.io](https://gankra.github.io/blah/tower-of-weakenings) **Host**:: [[gankra.github.io]] **Highlighted**:: [[2022-04-30]] **Created**:: [[2022-09-26]] ## Highlights - We’re still trying to figure out what on earth C’s memory model is, and every language infamously defers to “the C11 memory model” on hard questions. So as an educator, I eventually have to bottom out on sending you a shrug-emoji if you keep asking for what the real rules are. No one really knows! ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1501130266/19436428))