On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:04 AM, Peter Schuller <peter.schul...@infidyne.com> wrote: > Deadlock in a message passing system is still possible if you limit > the mailbox size (unless some other means are used to prevent it). My > understanding is that mailbox size is not limited in erlang, and that > there is no other means to avoid deadlock, meaning that while you will > not deadlock in the message passing system you can cause memory > exhaustion. > > Disclaimer: While I've played with erlang I'm not really that into it, > please correct me someone if I've misrepresented anything.
i don't expect it would be hard to write an Erlang program with 2 actors that would deadlock. as far as i know, people use timeouts on message handling to sweep it under the carpet. e.g. (just a quick google search turns this up) http://mue.tideland.biz/avoiding-erlang-deadlocks sincerely. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
