Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!dedibox.gegeweb.org!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!nerim.net!novso.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.009 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'books': 0.15; 'benjamin': 0.16; 'concurrent': 0.16; 'dig': 0.16; 'message-id:@4ax.com': 0.16; 'priced': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:usage': 0.16; 'through.': 0.16; 'url:keywords': 0.16; 'url:sr': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'examples': 0.20; 'seems': 0.21; 'url:home': 0.24; 'url:utf8': 0.24; 'looks': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; 'second': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'programming.': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'reply.': 0.31; 'problem': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'add': 0.35; 'url:ie': 0.36; 'url:ref': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; "i'll": 0.36; 'list': 0.37; 'generic': 0.38; 'nov': 0.38; 'url:amazon': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'heard': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'even': 0.60; 'ago,': 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'talking': 0.65; 'edition': 0.86; '$150': 0.91; 'received:108': 0.93 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Dennis Lee Bieber Subject: Re: Basic asyncio usage Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 13:57:57 -0500 Organization: IISS Elusive Unicorn References: <977ab162-feba-4320-9c5c-373015c84874@googlegroups.com> <87ppcch8eh.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <50b6968a-e521-4209-8c00-81b7e00e56f8@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.79.223.64 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 X-No-Archive: YES X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 20 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1416941883 news.xs4all.nl 2850 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:49581 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:81523 On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:33:57 -0800 (PST), Benjamin Risher declaimed the following: >Thank you for the reply. I've never heard of the Dining Philosophers problem until now. After reading up on it, I can see why it comes up when talking about concurrent programming. I'll add this to my list of examples to dig through. Ack... When the second edition of Ben-Ari http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Concurrent-Distributed-Programming-Edition/dp/032131283X/ref=dp_ob_image_bk is $150 dollars, I'm not surprised... I have the first edition from decades ago, when it was under $30 as I recall. Seems all the other generic theory books have faded away too, leaving the "doing something with language du jure" stuff... Even http://www.amazon.com/Communicating-Sequential-Processes-International-Computing/dp/0131532715/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416941700&sr=8-1&keywords=communicating+sequential+processes&pebp=1416941713826 looks over priced and its ancient... -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/