Re: [boost] Stacking iterators vs. dataflow

Subject: Re: [boost] Stacking iterators vs. dataflow
From: Stjepan Rajko (stipe_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-09-03 15:51:33

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Michael Marcin <mike.marcin_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Stjepan Rajko wrote:
>>
>> As far as the dataflow library goes, some sort of a "automatic task
>> division" library would indeed be great in conjunction with dataflow,
>> but I see this as orthogonal to dataflow.  Automatic task division
>> could be useful without dataflow, and dataflow could be useful without
>> automatic task division.  Is it your opinion that some sort of a task
>> division strategy would be necessary for the dataflow library to be
>> useful?
>>
>
> That other task library you are describing sounds a lot like
> http://www.threadingbuildingblocks.org/
>

Thank you for the reference.  If I grab some time I might try to come
up with an example of using Threading Building Blocks with the
Dataflow library.

Best,

Stjepan