From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-13 06:02:59
Matthew Vogt <mattvogt_at_[hidden]> writes:
> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>>>This library seems to differ - it appears that there are criticisms
>>>of the library's performance characteristics, but no-one is pointing
>>>to alternative libraries that solve these problems (albeit they may
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>>>be deficient in other ways). Similarly, I haven't noticed any
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>suggestions for specific techniques that might be used to improve
>>>the performance of the current submission.
>>
>> To the contrary, in previous threads I have posted several examples
>> of small FSM libraries with either O(1) or O(#outgoing transitions)
>> dispatch. Alexander Nasonov has also posted some examples using a
>> very different approach.
>
> These techniques do not address the issues of state machines dispersed
> across multiple translation units, or support for orthogonal states,
> do they?
So what?
I think Alexander's does allow dispersed machines, FWIW.
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