Re: [Algorithms] General purpose task parallel threading approach

[Mat N. <mat...@bu...>]

No, but I am arguing that hiding information from everyone isn't necessarily a good idea either.

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From: Jarkko Lempiainen [mailto:al...@gm...]
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:18 PM
To: 'Game Development Algorithms'
Subject: Re: [Algorithms] General purpose task parallel threading approach

Hold on, are you actually arguing against polymorphism and encapsulation in general?


Cheers, Jarkko

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From: Mat Noguchi [mailto:mat...@bu...]
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 9:57 PM
To: Game Development Algorithms
Subject: Re: [Algorithms] General purpose task parallel threading approach

And the corollary to that is most generic/flexible systems are implemented such that you cannot get useful information out of them without executing them.

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From: Mat Noguchi [mailto:mat...@bu...]
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:48 AM
To: Game Development Algorithms
Subject: Re: [Algorithms] General purpose task parallel threading approach

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
To: Game Development Algorithms
Subject: Re: [Algorithms] General purpose task parallel threading approach


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

>  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.



I think the whole point of the other side of this discussion is that generality and flexibility are not necessarily desirable features.

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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