Re: What Actually Causes Deadlock

From: Marshall <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 15 Dec 2006 09:41:09 -0800
Message-ID: <1166199728.130173.21170_at_l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com>


On Dec 15, 7:43 am, "dawn" <dawnwolth..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> paul c wrote:
>
> > Back in the 1970's (and the 1960's too, I guess) every mainframe
> > application programmer who used IBM CICS or IMS DC was aware of that
> > terse bullet list in the wikipedia and were careful to order their
> > accesses, whether they were to dbms, file, TP channel or abstact memory
> > in some agreed-upon order.
> It's been decades, but ADLD still pops to mind whenever I see a traffic
> or other deadlock situation. --dawn

Advanced Delay Line Detector?
Attention Deficit Learning Disorder?
Autosomal dominant leukodystrophy?
Association des descendants Lejay-Demaison?

The web is great for expanding acronyms. Doesn't always tell you what you want to know, though.

Marshall Received on Fri Dec 15 2006 - 18:41:09 CET

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