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From: Andrew Simmons <kodogo@gmail.com>
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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:02:09 +1300
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Web Gardens
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Thanks to all for the excellent and occasionally informative =
suggestions. I don=E2=80=99t think there=E2=80=99s any risk of my being =
offered the job, but I wish I=E2=80=99d had the concepts of =E2=80=9Cweb =
allotment=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Cweb sharecropper=E2=80=9D to hand during =
the interview.

> On Oct 13, 2015, at 5:13 AM, Kurt H Maier <khm@sciops.net> wrote:
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> 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,=20
>> could I ask the group for a view on the meaning of the term "Web =
Garden"?=20
>> I was just asked about this in a job interview.=20
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> 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.
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>> Supplementary question - how would you implement a Web Garden in =
Plan9?
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> We've found it easier to hire more web sharecroppers when yields =
aren't
> sufficient.
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> khm
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