"Actors Make Better Observers" (
http://bit.ly/liEYjk) explores the
pitfalls of synchronous communication in implementing the Observer
pattern, then illustrates several asynchronous actor-based
implementations, applying the "collaborative emergence principle".
============================================================
FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at
http://www.friam.org