Humphrey Winnebago questions

Humphrey Winnebago answers

• Please explain the use of condition variables in c++ threads, and why do we need to use `unique_lock` and `mutex` alongwith this
• Multithreaded galib247 genetic algorithm stuck in local maxima
• Do the release-acquire visibility guarantees of std::mutex apply to only the critical section?
• What does "strongly happens before" mean?
• Multiple vs single condition variable
• Is using std::atomic_thread_fence right before an atomic load/store with the same order always redundant?