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Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:48:01 +1100
Subject: Re: Python is readable
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 6:33 AM, Nathan Rice
<nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com> wrote:
> Pipes do not provide any fine grained control over the concurrent
> behavior. =A0If you want to change the order of calls, suddenly you have
> to write a bash script (with its own set of issues), etc.

Go back to my original post. I posited a means of communication which
allows one module to "call" a function in another module, purely by
writing to stdout. All four (or however many) modules would run
concurrently, and be waiting on stdin most of the time. Of course, the
same technique could be used for true concurrency; with such a simple
message-passing technique, there's no reason to wait for your response
before continuing.

ChrisA