5.2. Characteristics of Space-based Communication
So far, we have seen a couple examples of fairly standard message passing between two processes. These space-based “message passing” examples behave like conventional message passing: one process sends out a message, and another process receives it. But if we scratch the surface a bit, we'll see that the space-based examples illustrate the loosely coupled style of communication we mentioned earlier.
We will fully explore the loosely coupled style of communication shortly—it will be helpful as we begin to explore more sophisticated communication patterns. Let's first take a look at the alternative: tightly coupled communication.
5.2.1. Tightly Coupled Communication
Conventional message passing—supplied ...
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