From: Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: asynchronous task communication
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2013 09:59:04 -0800
Date: 2013-01-01T09:59:04-08:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <EOmdnVPqhd_fuH7NnZ2dnUVZ_gudnZ2d@earthlink.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <kbtpqk$h18$1@speranza.aioe.org>
On 12/31/2012 08:48 PM, tmoran@acm.org wrote:
>> OTOH, I think I've found a solution:
>> For each cell, implement it as a record of two protected objects. One
>> of which is the cell, as previously conceived, and the other of which is
>> a mailbox. The mailbox would never block for long. I am worried a bit
>> about the increase in RAM requirements, but perhaps that can't be
>> avoided. At least it allows nearly non-blocking communication.
> So this is like an apartment building with each tenant being a cell,
> and a wall of mailboxes in the lobby? With blocking only occurring when
> somebody wants to deposit mail in a box where the tenant is in the process
> of extracting his mail. As opposed to having a concierge who may be busy
> with Smith when Jones wants something.
That's the idea.
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Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-31 0:16 asynchronous task communication Charles Hixson
2012-12-31 9:04 ` Simon Wright
2012-12-31 11:49 ` Simon Wright
2012-12-31 10:50 ` J-P. Rosen
2012-12-31 12:09 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-12-31 18:52 ` Charles Hixson
2012-12-31 20:18 ` Shark8
2012-12-31 21:09 ` Niklas Holsti
2012-12-31 22:15 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-01 3:58 ` Charles Hixson
2013-01-01 4:48 ` tmoran
2013-01-01 17:59 ` Charles Hixson [this message]
2013-01-01 3:51 ` Charles Hixson
2013-01-01 9:59 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-01 10:38 ` Brian Drummond
2013-01-01 12:32 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-01-01 18:21 ` Charles Hixson
2013-01-01 18:54 ` Robert A Duff
2013-01-02 7:36 ` Charles Hixson
2013-01-02 9:55 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-02 19:02 ` Charles Hixson
2013-01-02 20:35 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-03 0:20 ` Charles Hixson
2013-01-03 6:34 ` Charles Hixson
2013-01-03 8:50 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-03 19:01 ` Charles Hixson
2013-01-03 10:01 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-03 19:29 ` Charles Hixson
2013-01-04 8:17 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-05 4:31 ` Charles Hixson
2013-01-09 8:34 ` Stephen Leake
2013-01-03 22:27 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-05 5:18 ` Charles Hixson
2013-01-05 8:48 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-06 22:55 ` Charles Hixson
2013-01-07 0:38 ` tmoran
2013-01-07 6:07 ` Shark8
2013-01-07 10:49 ` Brian Drummond
2013-01-07 18:27 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-01-08 12:02 ` Brian Drummond
2013-01-08 17:12 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-01-08 18:18 ` Simon Wright
2013-01-08 20:29 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-08 21:01 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-01-08 21:14 ` Simon Wright
2013-01-08 22:11 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-08 22:52 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-01-08 22:26 ` Brian Drummond
2013-01-08 2:41 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-02 22:43 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-01-03 1:30 ` Charles Hixson
2013-01-03 12:11 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-03 13:17 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-01-05 20:19 ` Charles Hixson
2013-01-07 4:01 ` Shark8
2013-01-01 19:59 ` J-P. Rosen
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