From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 19:10:01 -0700 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <8fd1d63064ad6180f7b17c1a67852243@lilly.quanstro.net> In-Reply-To: <20151012161351.GA28005@wopr.sciops.net> References: <7A773810-49DE-44E8-96D4-8E6F56A247C9@gmail.com> <20151012161351.GA28005@wopr.sciops.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Web Gardens Topicbox-Message-UUID: 735943f4-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Mon Oct 12 09:16:37 PDT 2015, khm@sciops.net wrote: > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 05:57:16PM +1300, Andrew Simmons wrote: > > As a diversion from the discussion of the existential essence of Javascript, > > could I ask the group for a view on the meaning of the term "Web Garden"? > > I was just asked about this in a job interview. > > This is a concept that has developed in the Windows world because a lot > of the .net web server tech tends to share state per-process. In order > to have multiple backend processes running on a single server you > generally have to play games with information sharing between processes. > It's just another reason web services on Windows can be such a pain in > the ass. > i'd recommend a google search https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=web%20garden - erik