A counter incremented 1000 times from multiple threads: fix it three ways

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Task

Why is the result below 1000, and how do you fix it?

var counter = 0
DispatchQueue.concurrentPerform(iterations: 1000) { _ in
    counter += 1
}
print(counter)   // 987? 994? — different every time

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