Re: type specifier '(simple-vector n) in defmethod

On Saturday, January 6, 2024, David McClain <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I would add that there is no callback-hell in my system. And no
> Green-Threads.
>
> For async operations you have no right to expect a response to anything
> like a READ. You might get a response, or you might not. But you have no
> idea exactly how long it would take to arrive, if ever.
>
> Rather, you could send a request that might generate a response. But don’t
> wait around for it. If a response is generated then it should be sent to a
> receiver that you specify. You might want to set up a timeout on the
> request to notify you in case a response never arrives within that duration.
>
> But the receiver has no expectations. It just sits passively awaiting an
> incoming data fragment to which it can respond. It does not tie up any
> thread resources, and runs asynchronously on some pool thread when a data
> fragment arrives.
>

This is the way!


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—jon