[Baypiggies] concurrency talk

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Mon Sep 17 19:55:40 CEST 2007


I was thinking of E as well, but then I realized that E supports
*distributed* computing, which isn't quite the same field as
*parallel* computing. I'm not sure it's useful to increase the field
even more by adding distributed computing -- then you'd have to add
MapReduce and many other paradigms as well.

On 9/17/07, jim stockford <jim at well.com> wrote:
>
>     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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