Richard B. Gilbert writes: > Processed fewer transactions and processed them more slowly [in > pre-computer days]!
I wrote: > Trades could still arrive at the processing facility "simultaneously". Richard B. Gilbert writes: > If there is only one processor, "simultaneous" trades may still have to > be processed sequentially. I suspect that there is little or no time to > argue which of two "simultaneous" trades occurred first. In other words, when two couriers slapped their messages down on the counter simultaneously the clerk would arbitrarily choose which to process first. Is there any record of how such things were handled? -- John Hasler [email protected] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
