Processing-Mode Equality

[Vitaly Davidovich]

How about "Parallel/sequential execution parity"?

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On Feb 6, 2014 9:10 AM, "Maurice Naftalin" <maurice at morninglight.co.uk>
wrote:

> I realise that I underspecified the problem at the start. It's not just
> that the results of processing in each mode must produce the same result
> (modulo any expected nondeterminism), but also that the two execution modes
> are equally important - for example, the API doesn't provide any operations
> that can only be executed (feasibly) in sequential mode.
>
> Maurice
>
> On 6 Feb 2014, at 13:17, Timo Kinnunen wrote:
>
> > Sameness of Sequential and Parallel?
> >
> > --
> > Have a nice day,
> > Timo.
> >
> > Sent from Windows Mail
> >
> > From: Millies, Sebastian
> > Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2014 15:07
> > To: Victor Nazarov, Maurice Naftalin
> > Cc: lambda-dev at openjdk.java.net
> >
> > it's not quite transparent, in particular because it's explicit and
> therefore visible.
> > Haven't Brian Goetz and Paul Sandoz used the phrase "unobtrusive
> parallelism" ?
> >
> > However, that wording refers more to the manner of specifying a
> processing
> > mode, not to the relation between them, so perhaps it's not what you're
> aiming
> > for.
> >
> > How about: "sequential-parallel conformance" ?
> >
> > -- Sebastian
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lambda-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net [mailto:
> lambda-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of Victor Nazarov
> > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 1:52 PM
> > To: Maurice Naftalin
> > Cc: lambda-dev at openjdk.java.net
> > Subject: Re: Processing-Mode Equality
> >
> > transparent parallelism?
> >
> > --
> > Victor Nazarov
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Maurice Naftalin <
> maurice at morninglight.co.uk
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > In writing about streams, I want to explain how the API has been
> > > shaped by the design goal of maintaining functional equivalence
> > > between parallel and sequential execution. I'm looking for a name for
> > > that goal, but so far the best I've come up with is the Principle of
> > > Processing-Mode Equality, which is pretty clumsy. I'd appreciate
> > > suggestions for improving it (which I will be happy to attribute).
> Thanks in advance!
> > >
> > > Maurice
> > >
> > >
> >
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