[Baypiggies] concurrency talk

[Adam Ulvi]

+1 concurrency as well.

I'd also be interesting in hearing about Scala agents.

- A

----- Original Message ----
From: jim stockford <jim at well.com>
To: Shannon -jj Behrens <jjinux at gmail.com>
Cc: Python <baypiggies at python.org>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 9:53:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Baypiggies] concurrency talk


    maybe add E to the list (below Erlang)?

    could the discussoin also include likely new CPU
designs, PCB designs, embedded and desktop and
server systems as well.


On Sep 17, 2007, at 2:48 AM, Shannon -jj Behrens wrote:

> Someone hinted at this idea earlier, but it might be fun to have an
> overview discussion on a bunch of different concurrency techniques.
> We could have a bunch of speakers, each speaking for 15 minutes on a
> specific topic.  For instance:
>
> * Processes
> * Threads (kernel and green)
> * Parallel programming vs. distributed computing
> * IO bound vs. CPU bound
> * Asynchronous
> * Twisted
> * Stackless
> * Actors
> * Erlang
>
> We wouldn't actually try to cover how to use each of these.  Rather,
> the goal would be to explain what it is and what are its advantages
> and limitations.  That'd be a fun talk to give assuming we can keep it
> shallow enough to cover everything but deep enough to make sense.
>
> Happy Hacking!
> -jj
>
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