From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.224.200.202 with SMTP id ex10mr1673077qab.8.1372199668964; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:34:28 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.2.102 with SMTP id 6mr48377igt.17.1372199668876; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:34:28 -0700 (PDT) Path: border1.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!j2no685889qak.0!news-out.google.com!fv2ni168qab.0!nntp.google.com!j2no1882126qak.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:34:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=69.20.190.126; posting-account=lJ3JNwoAAAAQfH3VV9vttJLkThaxtTfC NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.20.190.126 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <30aafae8-8475-4beb-8ca0-e065488001c8@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Queues just aren't scalable From: Shark8 Injection-Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 22:34:28 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Original-Bytes: 1543 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:182085 Date: 2013-06-25T15:34:28-07:00 List-Id: On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 8:53:03 AM UTC-6, aminer wrote: > > Queues just aren't scalable > > Read this: > http://concurrencyfreaks.blogspot.ca/2013_05_01_archive.html ...isn't that obvious? A Queue, like a Stack, has implicit sequentiality -- anyone who's had to wait for someone else to get their plate from an all-you-can-eat buffet plate-stack has experienced this... anyone who has waited in line at the DMV has experienced this.