Re: [Algorithms] General purpose task parallel threading approach

[Sebastian S. <seb...@gm...>]

That's not the same as saying that flexibility isn't desirable, though. What
I said was that if you evaluate a certain system you would put "flexible"
and "general" in the "pros" column, and conversely you would put "rigid" and
"specialized" in the "cons" column. There may be a whole host of other
things going into the two columns which guide you to your final conclusion,
but that doesn't mean that flexibility in itself isn't a desirable trait,
nor that restrictions/rigidity is.
In the particular example in question the restrictions are severe - there
clearly are advantages too (not the least of which is lower implementation
complexity), and as I've said I use a similar system myself for various
reasons. However, that doesn't mean that the significant restrictions of how
you can use it, and non-general nature of the system aren't very real
drawbacks that are worth considering when evaluating it.

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Mat Noguchi <mat...@bu...> wrote:

>  If the genericity or flexibility comes at the price of hiding
> information, then it’s not as desirable. A useful attribute to consider is
> whether you have to run code in order to make reasonable assumptions of its
> behavior. If you do, it is less desirable than if you don’t.
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> *From:* Sebastian Sylvan [mailto:seb...@gm...]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:23 AM
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> *To:* Game Development Algorithms
> *Subject:* Re: [Algorithms] General purpose task parallel threading
> approach
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> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Mat Noguchi <mat...@bu...> wrote:
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> Ø  Generality and flexibility are considered desirable features in most
> cases - therefore pointing out the lack of flexibility in some aspect of a
> system is an entirely valid criticism.
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> I think the whole point of the other side of this discussion is that
> generality and flexibility are not necessarily desirable features.
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> In what sense is less flexibility preferable? I mean, I get that in a
> certain specific scenario you may go for a solution that is less flexible if
> it offers, say, more performance, but that doesn't mean that everything else
> being equal you wouldn't prefer to have the flexibility too.
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