From: wolff@inf.fu-berlin.de (Thomas Wolff)
Subject: Re: Q: access to subprogram
Date: 1996/07/30
Date: 1996-07-30T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4tldre$lco@fu-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Dv5KM9.B9F@world.std.com
bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff) writes:
: In article <4t8rfo$g71@butch.lmsc.lockheed.com>,
: David Kristola <davidk@OS2.ifs> wrote:
: >Maybe i am misunderstanding the meaning of "distributed overhead", but don't
: >all shared generics have some? But anyway...
: I think you're misunderstanding "distrib overhead". "Feature X causes
: distributed overhead" means that your program will have some overhead,
: caused by the mere existence of feature X in the language, even if you
: don't use feature X. If feature X is slow, that's just plain old
: overhead, not "distributed overhead".
Regarding the popularity of distributed systems, the terminology is
confusing. Was it invented in this thread or is it common elsewhere?
Perhaps something like "propagated overhead" should rather be used.
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1996-07-02 0:00 Q: access to subprogram tmoran
1996-07-02 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Thomas Wolff
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Thomas Wolff
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Thomas Wolff
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-14 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-19 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-22 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-23 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-23 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-26 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-22 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-23 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-24 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-24 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-26 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-24 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-26 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-29 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-28 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-29 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-19 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-07 0:00 ` Mark Eichin
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-07 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1996-07-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-07 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-14 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1996-07-14 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-17 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1996-07-17 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-17 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-20 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-07-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-16 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-07 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Magnus Kempe
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-10 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-07-17 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-12 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-12 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-16 0:00 ` Magnus Kempe
1996-07-14 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1996-07-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-16 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-07-24 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-25 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-25 0:00 ` David Kristola
1996-07-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-30 0:00 ` David Kristola
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Thomas Wolff [this message]
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-26 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-28 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-25 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1996-07-05 0:00 tmoran
1996-07-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-15 0:00 tmoran
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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