@alan no problem! @brandon, I stand corrected. near-hit is more accurate! On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 6:07 AM, Alan Gutierrez <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 04:21:00AM +1200, Dominic Tarr wrote: >> also, this is "control flow", not "flow control". >> >> This near collision in nomenclature is most unfortunate, but "control flow" >> refers to the transference of control from one phase to the next. (this is >> the >> case you are discussing) > >> "flow control" refers to controling rates of (eg, data) flow through a >> system. >> Quite a different concept but also important in node -- when it comes to >> streaming. > >> I really hate to be this anal, but it's just that I streams are a really >> great >> aspect of node and the more people that understand them the better, therefore >> I want to be as clear as possible. > > Thank you for correcting me in the nicest way possible. I appreciate the > correction. I'm happy to learn the correct the nomenclature. I might even > start > to sound like I know what I'm talking about. > > -- > Alan Gutierrez - http://twitter.com/bigeasy - http://github.com/bigeasy > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
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