[saga-rg] Task model...

['Andre Merzky']

Quoting [John Shalf] (Nov 03 2005):
> 
>>>> It is not really much more readable than 4a1.
>>>> Therefore, I'm uncertain if it is worth fragmenting our
>>>> approach to bindings in different languages when there
>>>> is not a clear benefit in terms of readability or
>>>> implementation complexity.
>>>
>>> I think that 4a2/4a3 actually allow nicer
>>> implementations, as it allows to have the different
>>> async parts somewhat separate from the sync parts.  We
>>> think its nicer :-)
>>
>> 4a3 the only implementation in a C++ like manner I can 
>> think of, which provides:
>> - an interface which conforms to modern C++ concepts 
>>   pushed by Boost et.al.
>> - it avoids not needed overhead if some of the features 
>>   are not needed/used (this gets optimised away by any 
>>   decent C++ compiler)
>  
> Well, if the compiler can actually take advantage of that syntactical  
> convention to apply more efficient optimizations, then that is a  
> clear advantage to that approach (whether or not I find the syntax  
> obscure).

_S_AGA.  If it is obscure to you or others, its not a good
choice.  Performance is a second order issue.  However, as I
said before, I kind of like the template thing :-)

And, Hartmut, forgive me for calling it cute... ;-)

Cheers, Andre.


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