November 23, 2004
Starbucks as an example of asynchronous processing.The interaction between two parties (customer and coffee shop) consists of a short synchronous interaction (ordering and paying) and a longer, asynchronous interaction (making and receiving the drink).
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(Aside async, coffee, programming, starbucks) You're reading Laughing Meme, personal website of Kellan Elliott-McCrea.
This blog is roughly a decade old, and at no point, including now, has it ever represented the opinion of any of my employers.
I tend to write about books, coffee, the Web, open source, collaboration technologies and XML.
I spend most of my days writing code, and occasionally fomenting dissent.
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