Matt Welsh WAS: Re: [Web-SIG] Use cases for file-like objects (was Re: Bill's comments on WSGI draft 1.4)

[Michael C. Neel]

> Also, I don't think we should restrict ourselves to thinking solely in 
> terms of single-threaded asynchronous architectures. When I think about 
> asynchronous, high-performance and high-throughput server architectures, 
> I tend to think in terms of hybrid asynchronous/threaded architectures, 
> of the type described by Welsh et al. in the excellent and readable 
> 14-page overview paper "A Design Framework for Highly Concurrent 
> Systems" (highly recommended reading, for those who might be interested)
> 
> http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~mdw/papers/events.pdf
> 
> More details on Welsh's work can be obtained from his publications page.
> 
> http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~mdw/pubs.html

I just grabbed this and I've only started it, but this looks to be a
very interesting read, thank you for the reference.  I also agree on
it's relevence to WSGI, and encourage otheres on this list to take a
moment and read it as well.

Mike