Task: Atomic updates
C#: using System; 
using System.Threading; 
public class ThreadSafeBuckets
{
    
    
    Random rand = new Random();
    int[] Buckets;
    object[] locks; 
    public int BucketCount { get; private set; }
    public ThreadSafeBuckets(int bucketcount)
    {
        
        BucketCount = bucketcount;
        Buckets = new int[bucketcount];
        locks = new object[bucketcount];
        int startingtotal = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < BucketCount; i++)
        {
            locks[i] = new object();
            Buckets[i] = rand.Next(30);
            startingtotal += Buckets[i];
        }
        
        Console.WriteLine("Starting total: " + startingtotal);
    }
    public int GetBucketValue(int i)
    {
        return Buckets[i];
    }
    public void Transfer(int i, int j, int amount)
    {
        
        if (i > BucketCount || j > BucketCount || i < 0 || j < 0 ||
            i == j || amount < 0)
            return;

        
        lock (locks[Math.Min(i, j)])
            lock (locks[Math.Max(i, j)])
            {
                
                amount = Math.Min(amount, Buckets[i]);

                
                Buckets[i] -= amount;
                Buckets[j] += amount;
            }
    }

    public void PrintBuckets()
    {
        int counter = 0;
        
        for (int i = 0; i < BucketCount; i++)
        {
            Monitor.Enter(locks[i]);
            Console.Write(Buckets[i] + " ");
            counter += Buckets[i];
        }
        
        Console.Write("= " + counter);
        Console.WriteLine();

        foreach (var l in locks)
            Monitor.Exit(l);
    }
}

class Program
{
    static ThreadSafeBuckets TSBs;

    public static void Main(){
        
        TSBs = new ThreadSafeBuckets(10);
        TSBs.PrintBuckets();
        
        new Thread(new ThreadStart(EqualizerThread)).Start();
        Thread.Sleep(1);
        
        new Thread(new ThreadStart(RandomizerThread)).Start();
        
        PrinterThread();
    }
    
    static void EqualizerThread()
    {
        Random rand = new Random();
        while (true)
        {
            
            int b1 = rand.Next(TSBs.BucketCount);
            int b2 = rand.Next(TSBs.BucketCount);
            
            int diff = TSBs.GetBucketValue(b1) - TSBs.GetBucketValue(b2);
            
            if (diff < 0)
                TSBs.Transfer(b2, b1, -diff / 2);
            else
                TSBs.Transfer(b1, b2, diff/2);
        }
    }
    
    static void RandomizerThread()
    {
        Random rand = new Random();
        while (true)
        {
            int b1 = rand.Next(TSBs.BucketCount);
            int b2 = rand.Next(TSBs.BucketCount);
            int diff = rand.Next(TSBs.GetBucketValue(b1));
            TSBs.Transfer(b1, b2, diff);
        }
    }
    
    static void PrinterThread()
    {
        while (true)
        {
            Thread.Sleep(50); 
            TSBs.PrintBuckets();
        }
    }
}

Go: package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "math/rand"
    "sync"
    "time"
)

const nBuckets = 10

type bucketList struct {
    b [nBuckets]int 

    
    
    tc [2]int

    sync.Mutex 
}



const (
    idOrder = iota
    idChaos
)

const initialSum = 1000 


func newBucketList() *bucketList {
    var bl bucketList
    
    for i, dist := nBuckets, initialSum; i > 0; {
        v := dist / i
        i--
        bl.b[i] = v
        dist -= v
    }
    return &bl
}


func (bl *bucketList) bucketValue(b int) int {
    bl.Lock() 
    r := bl.b[b]
    bl.Unlock()
    return r
}


func (bl *bucketList) transfer(b1, b2, a int, ux int) {
    
    bl.Lock()
    
    if a > bl.b[b1] {
        a = bl.b[b1]
    }
    
    bl.b[b1] -= a
    bl.b[b2] += a
    bl.tc[ux]++ 
    bl.Unlock()
}


func (bl *bucketList) snapshot(s *[nBuckets]int, tc *[2]int) {
    bl.Lock()
    *s = bl.b
    *tc = bl.tc
    bl.tc = [2]int{} 
    bl.Unlock()
}

var bl = newBucketList()

func main() {
    
    go order() 
    go chaos() 
    buddha()   
}







func order() {
    r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
    for {
        b1 := r.Intn(nBuckets)
        b2 := r.Intn(nBuckets - 1)
        if b2 >= b1 {
            b2++
        }
        v1 := bl.bucketValue(b1)
        v2 := bl.bucketValue(b2)
        if v1 > v2 {
            bl.transfer(b1, b2, (v1-v2)/2, idOrder)
        } else {
            bl.transfer(b2, b1, (v2-v1)/2, idOrder)
        }
    }
}


func chaos() {
    r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().Unix()))
    for {
        b1 := r.Intn(nBuckets)
        b2 := r.Intn(nBuckets - 1)
        if b2 >= b1 {
            b2++
        }
        bl.transfer(b1, b2, r.Intn(bl.bucketValue(b1)+1), idChaos)
    }
}


func buddha() {
    var s [nBuckets]int
    var tc [2]int
    var total, nTicks int

    fmt.Println("sum  ---updates---    mean  buckets")
    tr := time.Tick(time.Second / 10)
    for {
        <-tr
        bl.snapshot(&s, &tc)
        var sum int
        for _, l := range s {
            if l < 0 {
                panic("sob") 
            }
            sum += l
        }
        
        
        
        total += tc[0] + tc[1]
        nTicks++
        fmt.Printf("%d %6d %6d %7d  %3d\n", sum, tc[0], tc[1], total/nTicks, s)
        if sum != initialSum {
            panic("weep") 
        }
    }
}