Nathaniel J. Smith personal blog
Timeouts and cancellation for humans (2018)
Your code might be perfect and never fail, but unfortunately the outside world is less reliable. Sometimes, other people's programs crash or freeze. Networks go down; printers catch on fire . Your code needs to be prepared for this: every time you read from the network, attempt to acquire an inter-process lock, or…
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Software EngineeringSystems & Performance2020
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2020 | Timeouts and cancellation for humans (2018) by vthriller | 134 | 37 |
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- spankalee · Sep 12, 2026
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