Because SeqCst is good enough for most applications and the complexity involved in all other orderings, we are not going to look at any others. Don't be disappointed, however—Rust uses nearly the same atomic layout and functionality as C++, so there are plenty of sources to tell you how complex the issue really is. Anthony Williams, author of the well-known book C++: Concurrency In Action (http://www.cplusplusconcurrencyinaction.com/), uses an entire 45 pages (!) to simply describe all the atomic orderings and how to use them. An additional 44 pages go into showing examples of all of these orderings. Does an average program benefit from this level of dedication? Let's look at the man's own words, with the background knowledge that std::memory_order_seq_cst is how C++ calls SeqCst:
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The basic premise is: do not use anything other than std::memory_order_seq_cst (the default) unless (a) you really really know what you are doing, and can prove...