If it's any consolation, queues or delays are used in hardware to overcome limitations in hardware, too :-).
Specifically, I'm thinking of anti-jitter stuff in audio circuits. On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Andy C <andy.coolw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I've never heard of "imperative model". I'm aware of imperative >> programming. Can you expand on what you mean? >> >> > I meant "mutable data model". Sorry for mixing up terms. > > > >> >> http://blog.codinghorror.com/separating-programming-sheep-from-non-programming-goats/ >> >> Hope this helps clarify. >> > > It does. I absolutely agree and get the point that "persistent data > structure + multiple cores/threads" approach does solve much here, in fact > probably makes things worse. And indeed it is better to queue "Updates from > multiple threads" and get it handled by "the mutator thread". But at the > same time I hate to have my imagination be "limited" by the hardware > designs. That really hurts :-). > > Best regards, > Andy > > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
