Re: Book chapter on Synch/Asynch

Doug:
   By event driven, I assume you mean an event driven implementation  
design pattern?
Frank McCabe

On Monday, August 25, 2003, at 03:47  PM, Doug Kaye wrote:

>
> Hello, Hao & Roger.
>
> I'm the author of the chapter/book in question. To the extent that  
> I've read
> and understand your arguments (I read the two messages you referenced
> below), I agree with the definition. OTOH, I didn't find another  
> explanation
> of the "conundrum" so there may be issues I'm not considering.
>
> To my mind the distinction between synch and asynch comes down to the
> opportunities for implementation. Specifically, a synch implementation  
> can
> (but not must) be non-event driven. It can be designed using a  
> single-task
> send-wait-receive model. Not that this is recommended, but it's at  
> least
> possible. Asynchronous processing implies an event-driven model in  
> which the
> next-to-arrive message is not deterministic. This assumes no errors  
> *at the
> layer under consideration*. As was pointed out, asynch or synch at one  
> level
> may be based on a different MEP at the lower layer(s) and vice versa.
>
>      ...doug
>
> Doug Kaye, CEO
> RDS Strategies LLC
> doug@rds.com, www.rds.com
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>
> Message-ID:
> <686B9E7C8AA57A45AE8DDCC5A81596AB046AE756@sydthqems01.int.tisa.com.au>
> From: "He, Hao" <Hao.He@thomson.com.au>
> To: "'Champion, Mike'" <Mike.Champion@SoftwareAG-USA.com>,
> www-ws-arch@w3.org
> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 08:32:31 +1000
> Subject: RE: Book chapter on Synch/Asynch
>
>
> Well, it appears to me that the author agrees with Geoff
> (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-ws-arch/2003Aug/0060.html)  
> and me
> (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-ws-arch/2003Aug/0054.html).   
> That
> is:"if ordering is important, it is sync.  Otherwise, it is async.".
>
> Hao
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Champion, Mike [mailto:Mike.Champion@SoftwareAG-USA.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 5:57 AM
> To: www-ws-arch@w3.org
> Subject: Book chapter on Synch/Asynch
>
>
>
> Those interested in the definition and architectural implications of
> "synchronous" and "asynchronous" web services might wish to look at
> http://www.rds.com/download-request.php?file=books/looselyCoupled/ 
> Chapter-09
> -Async.pdf
>
> This is a free chapter of LOOSELY COUPLED by Doug Kaye
> http://www.rds.com/books/looselyCoupled/index.html
>
>

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