[Tech] LIFO simulations

[Matthew Toseland]

On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 03:24:02PM +0000, Michael Rogers wrote:
> Ken Snider wrote:
> > Couldn't you just accomplish this with a FIFO queue of arbitrarily short 
> > depth or fixed lifetime per-queue-object? The would seem to gain you all the 
> > benefits of LIFO without the drawbacks mentioned by toad.
> 
> A short FIFO queue for incoming searches would be similar to 
> token-passing, but tokens have the advantage that you know whether your 
> search will fit in the queue (because you have a token), so you can 
> avoid sending searches that will be dropped.

Right. A short FIFO queue for searches, plus some form of load
propagation.
> 
> Cheers,
> Michael
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