Re: [boost] [rpc/marshal] prototype rpc / marshal library using asio and serialization (and futures in the future?)

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-29 17:18:23

Peter Dimov wrote:
> Jeff Garland wrote:
> 
>> But you've already fallen into the trap.  Just because the computers
>> are next to each other doesn't mean you are going to get an immediate
>> answer.  For example, one of the computers you are communicating with
>> might be really busy doing something (swapping perhaps if it's
>> overloaded).
> 
> The same can (and does) happen with local calls if the computer is really 
> busy or starts paging. 

Right, but the programmer has no way of reasonably detecting and handling that 
condition from within his program.  If it's on a remote machine he can and 
should because it's a frequent issue with networked programs.

Jeff