Re: computational model of transactions

From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac>
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:18:03 GMT
Message-ID: <vVMzg.298639$iF6.244584@pd7tw2no>

paul c wrote:
> Marshall wrote:

>> I've been thinking about concurrency and transactions. It occurs to me
>> that much of the difficulty lies with the fact that multiple concurrent
>> transactions may operate on the same data. I begin to recall some
>> conversations from years past about "multiple assignment".

>
> That is the concurrency problem, two cooks in the kitchen. I believe
> the term 'transaction' was coined to give a program context for its
> updates, ...

Oops, bad choice of words. Should have said "for its results". Doesn't have to be only updates.

p Received on Tue Aug 01 2006 - 13:18:03 CDT