Well, there are intelligent beings with the ability to make decisions entering the traffic junction, not exactly the same as with the STM.
On Oct 16, 11:07 am, Sam Aaron <samaa...@gmail.com> wrote: > This might be slightly off the wall, but I recently watched a tiny > documentary about an experimental congestion control strategy in the UK where > at a busy junction they disabled the traffic lights. Interestingly it > reminded me of Clojure's STM (except on car crashes a big robot arm would > scoop up the crashed cars, fix them up, and place them back in the traffic > queue). Coordination could be seen as attaching cars together by a rope and > treating them as one car for the purpose of the junction. Locks can be seen > as the traffic lights themselves. > > Anyway, I wondered if any of you had any opinions. I really think we could do > with some good analogies for elusive notions such as the STM. > > Video in question:http://www.wimp.com/trafficlights > > Sam > > ---http://sam.aaron.name -- 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
