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<H1>Re: [MUD-Dev]  Re: Multi-threaded mudding (was a flamefest)</H1>
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<LI><em>From</em>: "Jon A. Lambert" &lt;<A HREF="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</A>&gt;</LI>
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<TABLE><TR><TD BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" STYLE="background-color: #FFFFFF; "><p><font size=2 color="#000000" face="Times New Roman">&gt; From: Jeff Kesselman &lt;<font color="#0000FF"><u>jeffk#tenetwork,com</u><font color="#000000">&gt;<br>&gt; Subject: [MUD-Dev] &nbsp;Re: Multi-threaded mudding (was a flamefest)<br>&gt; <br>&gt; At 10:04 PM 5/1/97 PST8PDT, you wrote:<br>&gt; &gt;Based on my definition of &quot;event-driven&quot;, Cold would NOT classify.<br>&gt; &gt;It does have a 'dispatcher' which simulates time-slicing, <br>&gt; &gt;yet it doesn't dispatch events. &nbsp;It only partially approaches this at the <br>&gt; &gt;network level only. &nbsp;<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Um, I disagree. Cold does indeed dispatch events. The evnts are hard coded<br>&gt; into the system and are as follows:<br>&gt; (1) packet arrival<br>&gt; (2) heartbeat<br>&gt; (3) connection<br>&gt; (4) conenction close<br>&gt; <br>&gt; There may be a few mreo im forgettting. in each case the event is<br>&gt; dispatched in teh form of a method call to an object.<br>&gt; <br>&gt; If thsi doesnt fit your def of &quot;event driven&quot; then I tyhink yer beign way<br>&gt; too selective in teh application of this term.<br>&gt; <br><font size=2>This application relies on the OS to generate all its events.<br>More particularly the socket port and the system clock.<br>All applications that run on a Unix machine would then <br>classify as event driven taken collectively together as<br>a system. &nbsp;Clearly not the intent of the distinction between<br>procedural and event driven.<br><br>You are describing:<br>Cold --- settimer event ---&gt; &nbsp;OS<br>OS &nbsp;&nbsp;--- timer event &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---&gt; Cold<br><br>OS &nbsp;&nbsp;--- Socket input event &nbsp;---&gt; Cold<br>Cold --- Socket output event ---&gt; OS<br><br>An event-driven system would need: <br>Cold &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cold<br>Subsystem/ ----???? event ----&gt; Subsystem/<br>Object &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Object <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>JL<br><br><font size=2><br><br><br></p>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00313" HREF="msg00313.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]  Re: Multi-threaded mudding (was a flamefest)</A></strong>, 
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Miroslav Silovic <a href="mailto:silovic#srce,hr">silovic#srce,hr</a>, Sat 03 May 1997, 14:21 GMT
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Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lut.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lut.ac.uk</a>, Mon 05 May 1997, 18:02 GMT
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Miroslav Silovic <a href="mailto:silovic#srce,hr">silovic#srce,hr</a>, Sun 04 May 1997, 12:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00321" HREF="msg00321.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]  Re: Multi-threaded mudding (was a flamefest)</A></strong>, 
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Sun 04 May 1997, 11:28 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00320" HREF="msg00320.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]  Re: Multi-threaded mudding (was a flamefest)</A></strong>, 
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Sun 04 May 1997, 11:30 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00339" HREF="msg00339.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]  Re: Multi-threaded mudding (was a flamefest)</A></strong>, 
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 09 May 1997, 11:11 GMT
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