Re: async I/O

From	scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
Subject	Re: async I/O
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Date	2012-02-06 16:11 +0000

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"Mark" <mark_cruzNOTFORSPAM@hotmail.com> writes:
>Hello,

>Is it possible that asynchronous messages don't deliver in order, e.g. A 
>first sends to B and then to C - can the B receive its message first and A 
>gets its message second (first or second in terms of timeline)?

Yes, it is possible.   The scheduler may not execute A (for many reasons),
even if it is ready to run; or if you have more than one core/thread, the
scheduler may execute both at the same time.

scott

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async I/O "Mark" <mark_cruzNOTFORSPAM@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-05 17:52 -0500
  Re: async I/O jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2012-02-06 01:18 +0000
    Re: async I/O "Mark" <mark_cruzNOTFORSPAM@hotmail.com> - 2012-02-05 22:43 -0500
  Re: async I/O Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-02-06 00:38 -0500
  Re: async I/O scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2012-02-06 16:11 +0000

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