Re: Synchronous Communication = Swap

[M_Boosten <mboosten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Larry, and others,

Larry wrote:
> If two variables or arrays
> are not the product of aliasing, and the two proceses
> share the same memory space in hardware, you can just
> exchange pointers to the data.

This trick is pretty much common practise in CSP-based
SW implementations.  This way, memory-to-memory copying
is avoided.

In quite a few practical cases, using this technique is
essential to obtain the required performance.

Cheers,
	Marcel