boc: A Behavior-Oriented Concurrency Module for Python
By
mpweiher
If you only eat one bagel today, this is the bagel.
Summary
This article introduces boc (Behavior-Oriented Concurrency), a Python module that provides a concurrency model based on behavior-oriented programming. It uses the analogy of multiple cooks in a kitchen sharing resources to illustrate the challenges of concurrent programming, and presents boc as a solution for managing shared resources and coordinating concurrent behaviors in Python applications.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledLet's Get Cooking!
With only one cook, there is no problem. However, if we introduce a second cook into the kitchen, then we start having potential problems.
In programming terms, if we make this single-threaded program concurrent, then the resources become shared, and we have to...
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