[Shootout-list] process creation & message passing

[Isaac Gouy]

> > chainmsg 
> > - create 3000 *linked* processes/threads/... 
> 
> if you explain what you mean with link i will see if i can do this in

> another language.

Not spawn_link

All I mean by linked is that there's a sequence of processes. 
In the Java example, each thread holds a reference to the "next"
thread, so just holding the Pid of the "next" process would be fine.

> > - send message 0 from one end of the chain
> > - each process/thread/... receives an integer x, stores x, 
> > and passes x+1 to the next process/thread/... in the chain
> > : print the final sum (which should be 3000 * messages)
> 
> what should the last process is the chain do with the message? if the
> 
> final sum is (3000 * messages) and we always send 0 from the first 
> process i think the final process will have to accumulate the message
> contents. correct?

correct. (We need to demonstrate that all messages were delivered.)

>  > (1 parameter: how many messages are sent)
> do you mean sent from the first process, or from all processes?

>From the first process.

(1000 processes would be better - easier to complete a high-message
ratio 200:1 in a reasonable time.)


		
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