[Tutor] Starbucks does not use two-phase commit

[Bernard Lebel]

Thanks a lot Danny.


Bernard


On 1/23/06, Danny Yoo <dyoo at hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
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> On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Bernard Lebel wrote:
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> > Yes that makes sense, but...... what is a "daemon"? Sorry if this is
> > super basic question.
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> According to:
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>     http://docs.python.org/lib/thread-objects.html
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>     """A thread can be flagged as a ``daemon thread''. The significance of
>     this flag is that the entire Python program exits when only daemon
>     threads are left. The initial value is inherited from the creating
>     thread. The flag can be set with the setDaemon() method and retrieved
>     with the isDaemon() method."""
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> So that's what "daemon" technically does when we apply that term it to a
> thread.
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> But what it means to us humans is up to interpretation: I think of daemon
> threads as being more "ephemeral" than other threads.  Not sure if that
> makes any sense to anyone besides myself, though.  *grin*
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> There's a traditional use of the word "daemon" that deals with programs
> that run in the background:
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>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(computer_software)
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> so the word "daemon" is, like most words, a bit overloaded.  *grin*
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