David W wrote:
I notice the mention of SEDA at
http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?AvalonFiveArchitectureProposal.
For anyone who hasn't come across it, SEDA is a model for high-performance
event-based programming (more information is available at
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~mdw/proj/seda/. The thesis paper basically says
it all).
It hadn't occurred to me before that Avalon was an appropriate base for
SEDA, but I realize that a flexible component threading specification and
some sort of optional load monitering interfaces and perhaps event queue
components would allow Avalon 5 to implement SEDA very cleanly and
tranparently -- and with all the advantages of other Avalon services.
I tried to mess with Sandstorm (the prototype SEDA implementation) but all
the makefile nonsense prevented me from ever compiling it properly, and as
clear as the thesis is I can't figure out what the heck the code is doing.
As far as I know there isn't another freely available implementation.
IMHO SEDA should become integral part of out Avalon5 spec, and it's a
big breakthrough that would give Avalon-based servers and services a
clear advantage.
If Avalon 5 implemented SEDA, that might greatly increase it's appeal to the
high-performance server apps crowd. I would also be interested in working
on it (note that I'm a young computer geek interested in algorithmic
nonsense, not a professional seeking a solution).
Berin should know more about it and guide you to giving us concrete help
on this matter.
Anyway, that's just my burst of interest for the day.
Hope it lasts longer :-)
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