On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 22:23 -0700, Robert Lehr wrote:
> Given that this will only occur w/ the send-off function, we can guess
> that the tasks may on-average longer than functions that could be sent
> via "send". that is b/c send-off is recommended for functions that
> could block. That could b
On Jun 10, 2009, at 11:23 PM, Robert Lehr wrote:
>> As you noted, send-off uses a cached thread pool, so there is no
>> protection from creating more threads than your system can handle
>
> OK - that's one person that agrees w/ me.
I don't think anyone disagrees on that point.
>> In general ca
Thanks. See reponses inline.
On Jun 10, 6:22 am, Toralf Wittner wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 5:14 AM, Robert Lehr wrote:
e in your system.
>
> > Q - What stops Clojure's agent send-off function from becoming a DOS
> > ("denial of service") vulnerability in a server?
>
> As you noted, send-o
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:44:00 -0600
Daniel Lyons wrote:
> On Jun 10, 2009, at 12:03 PM, Toralf Wittner wrote:
> > On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 10:22 -0600, Daniel Lyons wrote:
> >> If the actions are executed serially, what is the benefit of having
> >> multiple threads per agent?
> >
> > There is none.
On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 12:44 -0600, Daniel Lyons wrote:
> However, I still feel like I am not understanding when agents should
> be used or what an appropriate use of them would constitute, though.
Well, since agents run independently and asynchronously I found them to
be most useful when you ha
On Jun 10, 2009, at 12:03 PM, Toralf Wittner wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 10:22 -0600, Daniel Lyons wrote:
>> If the actions are executed serially, what is the benefit of having
>> multiple threads per agent?
>
> There is none. Did anybody say there are multiple threads per agent?
> There are t
On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 10:22 -0600, Daniel Lyons wrote:
>
> On Jun 10, 2009, at 4:22 AM, Toralf Wittner wrote:
> > As written above the serial execution of an Agent's actions makes this
> > thread-safe.
>
>
> If the actions are executed serially, what is the benefit of having
> multiple thread
On Jun 10, 2009, at 4:22 AM, Toralf Wittner wrote:
> As written above the serial execution of an Agent's actions makes this
> thread-safe.
If the actions are executed serially, what is the benefit of having
multiple threads per agent?
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On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 5:14 AM, Robert Lehr wrote:
> Q - What stops Clojure's agent send-off function from becoming a DOS
> ("denial of service") vulnerability in a server?
As you noted, send-off uses a cached thread pool, so there is no
protection from creating more threads than your system can
Hi,
disclaimer: I'm only a hobbyist with almost no clue
about the concurrency. So take this with a grain of
salt. The following are only my expressions how this
stuff works.
Am 10.06.2009 um 05:14 schrieb Robert Lehr:
Q - What stops Clojure's agent send-off function from becoming a DOS
("denia
Thanks, Daniel.
See responses inline.
On Jun 10, 2:10 am, Daniel Lyons wrote:
> Robert,
>
> You have some interesting questions. I'm going to share my impressions
> of the answers based on reading the website and the book. I am rather
> new to Clojure myself and I haven't read the source co
Robert,
You have some interesting questions. I'm going to share my impressions
of the answers based on reading the website and the book. I am rather
new to Clojure myself and I haven't read the source code to it so
perhaps any mistakes I make are representative of newbie pitfalls in
gener
STUPID QUESTION TIME
and another long post - sorry.
Q - What stops Clojure's agent send-off function from becoming a DOS
("denial of service") vulnerability in a server?
This possibility occurred to me after reading several source files.
* Stuart Sierra's HTTP client code in clojure-contri
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