Talk:Concurrent computing

Random order?

Is random order what is meant here, or is "any order" sufficient? --Short Circuit 00:16, 6 February 2007 (EST)

Random order means that the order of output is not determined at compile time. The order of output may differ from one execution of the program to another due to differences in timing between the concurrent units providing the output. --Waldorf 11:47, 7 February 2007 (MST)

"Undetermined" might be the more appropriate word. At least one of the programming examples attempts to enforce random behavior. --Short Circuit 14:17, 7 February 2007 (EST)

Random is what I wanted. The Ada example I provided creates three separate tasks. Each one calculates a random number between 0.0 and 1.0. The task then delays the number of seconds corresponding to that random number. A delay of 0.5 lasts 0.5 seconds. There are two goals to "Simple concurrent actions". Those goals are to demonstrate the syntax for defining concurrent behavior within a single program, and the syntax for creating a random sleep or delay. --Waldorf 17:59, 7 February 2007 (MST)