>
> There are some caveats and shortcomings that need to be borne in mind:
>
>  * scalability - the more complex the system, the more blobs and the
> slower the visualisation gets - it can grind to a near halt pretty quick.
> This is mainly due to the maths overhead on the physics engine dictating
> the blobs movement. As it slows, it will start skipping frames, so you
> may miss something if it is fleeting.
>
>  * no abstraction - you see *everything* - so you get to see just how many
> additional components simple-server creates for its own use.
>
>  * heisenberg effect - you affect the system you are measuring. 
Oh no...no radioactive, dead cat analogies here! :)

> That
> TCPClient the Introspector is using to get its data out to the visualiser
> will be using network sockets, the Selector component (a component that
> is shared between all components using TCP sockets - its basically a
> wrapper around the unix select() call). Hence, also, the fact that the
> introspector component itself will appear within the introspection.
>   
Every introspective process suffers from these problems, so no biggie 
for the time being. I think being able to make the display window 
bigger, and scroll it, matters most right now.
>
> Really glad you like it tho :-)
>   
It is still so damned neat. Layers of introspection and optimization can 
always be added later. This is still so cool!

Gloria


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