o Consistently use past tense in the recap of chapters.
o Use 'nbsp' to avoid line break after "I" in 2c builds.
o Fix staccato of "next next".
o In 1c builds, use float option of "H" to avoid a final page
with a lonely cartoon of frightened Tux.
Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>
---
summary.tex | 21 +++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/summary.tex b/summary.tex
index 16320e34..8ca5a635 100644
--- a/summary.tex
+++ b/summary.tex
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
{\emph{Konrad Adenauer}}
You have arrived at the end of this book, well done!
-I hope that your journey was a pleasant but challenging and worthwhile
+I~hope that your journey was a pleasant but challenging and worthwhile
one.
For your editor and contributors, this is the end of the journey to the
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ Whichever side of the formal-verification/\-testing divide you might
be on, if code has not been thoroughly validated, it does not work.
And that goes at least double for concurrent code.
-\Cref{chp:Putting It All Together} presents a number of situations
+\Cref{chp:Putting It All Together} presented a number of situations
where combining concurrency mechanisms with each other or with other
design tricks can greatly ease parallel programmers' lives.
-\Cref{sec:advsync:Advanced Synchronization} looks at advanced
+\Cref{sec:advsync:Advanced Synchronization} looked at advanced
synchronization methods, including lockless programming, non-blocking
synchronization, and parallel real-time computing.
-\Cref{chp:Advanced Synchronization: Memory Ordering} digs into the
+\Cref{chp:Advanced Synchronization: Memory Ordering} dug into the
critically important topic of memory ordering, presenting techniques
and tools to help you not only solve memory-ordering problems, but
also to avoid them completely.
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ parallel-programming experts.
Paul began his question by noting that in the 15~years from 1991 to 2006,
the price of a parallel system had dropped from that of a house to that
of a mid-range bicycle, and it was clear that there was much more room
-for additional dramatic price decreases over the next next 15~years
+for additional dramatic price decreases over the next 15~years
extending to the year 2021.
He also noted that decreasing price should result in greater familiarity
and faster progress in solving parallel-programming problems.
@@ -210,12 +210,21 @@ if in fact he ever knew it.
This book is nevertheless for that man.
-\begin{figure}[tb]
+\IfTwoColumn{
+\begin{figure}
\centering
\resizebox{3in}{!}{\includegraphics{cartoons/UseTheRightToolsBubble}}
\caption{The Most Important Lesson}
\ContributedBy{Figure}{fig:summary:The Most Important Lesson}{Melissa Broussard}
\end{figure}
+}{
+\begin{figure}[H]
+\centering
+\resizebox{3in}{!}{\includegraphics{cartoons/UseTheRightToolsBubble}}
+\caption{The Most Important Lesson}
+\ContributedBy{Figure}{fig:summary:The Most Important Lesson}{Melissa Broussard}
+\end{figure}
+}
And this book is also for everyone else who would like to add low-level
concurrency to their skillset.
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