In addition to avoiding the writer starvation problem, there are several other reasons why one might use a seqlock for the reader-writer problem in concurrent programs:

1. Reduced overhead: Seqlocks have less overhead than traditional locks, making them a more efficient choice for read-mostly workloads. Since readers don't acquire a lock, they can access the shared data without incurring the same level of synchronization overhead as they would with a traditional lock.

2. Reduced contention: Seqlocks reduce contention between readers and writers. Since readers don't acquire a lock, they can execute in parallel with other readers. And since writers only acquire a lock briefly, they reduce the time that readers have to wait for access to the shared data.

3. Lower memory footprint: Seqlocks require less memory than other synchronization mechanisms. Since there is only one sequence number to store, seqlocks have a lower memory footprint than other synchronization mechanisms like reader-writer locks.

Overall, seqlocks can be a good choice for read-mostly workloads where contention between readers and writers is a concern, and where minimizing overhead and memory usage is important.
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