Markm at 03:16, 20 April 2007

2007-04-20T03:16:52Z

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'''Pipelining''' is the property that [[message|messages]] sent to [[remote promise|remote promises]] are transferred to the vat currently holding the [[resolver]] of the promise, as opposed to being buffered until the promise is [[resolved]].

This allows messages to be delivered to the resolution of the promise with fewer network delays.

Note that this applies to the promises resulting from [[eventual send|eventual sends]]; for example, in <var>a</var> ← <code>b</code>() ← <code>c</code>(), the <code>c</code>() message may be transferred to <var>a</var>'s [[vat]] before <code>b</code>() has been delivered to <var>a</var>.

[http://erights.org/elib/distrib/pipeline.html Promise Pipelining]

Kevin Reid: briefly describe pipelining -- but there's surely a document about it already?

2007-04-18T19:40:23Z

briefly describe pipelining -- but there's surely a document about it already?

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	Note that this applies to the promises resulting from [[eventual send\|eventual sends]]; for example, in <var>a</var> ← <code>b</code>() ← <code>c</code>(), the <code>c</code>() message may be transferred to <var>a</var>'s [[vat]] before <code>b</code>() has been delivered to <var>a</var>.		Note that this applies to the promises resulting from [[eventual send\|eventual sends]]; for example, in <var>a</var> ← <code>b</code>() ← <code>c</code>(), the <code>c</code>() message may be transferred to <var>a</var>'s [[vat]] before <code>b</code>() has been delivered to <var>a</var>.

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Pipelining - Revision history

Markm at 03:16, 20 April 2007

Kevin Reid: briefly describe pipelining -- but there's surely a document about it already?