Developing Dataflow-Like Programming Systems

[jschrf]

I've worked with Flow-based programming in the past, and I use a similar model and principles when writing network servers.

Looking at the proposed table of contents, the topics listed are the topics I would like to read about.

I'm going to support this Kickstarter campaign because I think this model of programming is going to become increasingly more and more prevalent in the next 5 years.

One of the hardest problems I've run into is scheduling, and I look forward to reading his opinions on it.

[nitrogen]

I experimented with event-driven scheduling for the flow-based system I developed for home automation, but in the end I took the straightforward route of scheduling everything in lockstep, based on distance from source nodes. I've considered some parallelizable hybrid approaches, but haven't got around to replacing what already works well enough.

Perhaps this book will be worth checking out to see some additional ideas on scheduling.

[kickingvegas]

So, there's this guy named Arvind Mithal, and he's thought a lot about this problem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvind_(computer_scientist)

[msy]

Are there any links etc to systems or tools the author has worked on? I'm interested in the subject matter but usually I look for a book by someone with demonstrable domain expertise.

[alexchamberlain]

Did a bit of clicking around - looks like he's written something called [Relay][1].

[1]: http://www.deepfriedcode.com/relay/index.html

[kylemaxwell]

Not sure why a book needs crowdfunding: what costs need to be covered that prevent an author from just writing it?

[riffraff]

supposing it takes you N hours to write it and you value your time K dollars/hour than the cost is N*K that you may have spent doing something else be it consulting, writing technical articles for a magazine or spending time with your family.

Given the goal (3K$) I'd be inclined to consider this a "if I pre-sell this much, it's worth my time, otherwise I'll do something else".