From owner-freebsd-current Thu Feb 12 07:09:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA07213 for current-outgoing; Thu, 12 Feb 1998 07:09:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA07207 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 1998 07:09:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA21386; Thu, 12 Feb 1998 10:09:30 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 10:09:30 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <199802121509.KAA21386@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Eivind Eklund Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Heads up: static -ification In-Reply-To: <19980212143844.44164@follo.net> References: <19980210030906.20113@follo.net> <199802100857.BAA22938@usr05.primenet.com> <19980212143844.44164@follo.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG < said: > I actually dislike the use of calls between layers at all (or at > least in almost all cases). Layers should communicate through > asynchronous messages; that way, you avoid a lot of stupid implict > ordering assumptions. ``Layering is a great model for designing protocols, but an incredibly lousy way of implementing them.'' - D. D. Clark -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe current" in the body of the message