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Subject: Re: [9fans] X on Plan 9
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Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 12:20:42 +0100
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>>What do you mean by "non event-driven?"

i supposed he meant `not using callbacks' (ie, quasi-interrupts on each
event) to drive the computation, but instead using communicating
sequential processes to express the interaction of computer and
events in the environment, allowing the use
of a more reasonable programming style (in the sense that you can
reason about them and the effects on data structures and values).
i've found callback-based programs typically shrink when converted, but i
suppose that's not necessarily true.