Re: Multiple Displays vs One Display

Hi Nathan,

Yes, in this day and age we are no longer concerned with whether the program is in memory or not -- the OS handles that. But the main difference between SRT and MRT is whether the program has to maintain information about the requester's process -- an SRT program does not, an MRT program does.

The web programs I see would be like an SRT program because they would get all necessary data from the browser to handle a request -- they would not rely on data stored in the program's working memory. Having the web program store any info about a requester seems an unlikely proposition given that it could be handling thousands if not millions of requesters.

*Peter Dow* /
Dow Software Services, Inc.
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pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> /


Nathan Andelin wrote:

I think of the SRT model a lot when looking at browser-based

programs...

That's odd. Most CGI, J2EE, and PHP programs remain in memory once initiated, and a single instance of the program handles requests from multiple concurrent browsers, which seems to fit your description of the MRT model.

Nathan.




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