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In article <RCBC.92Nov18124128@taurus.cs.cornell.edu> rcbc@taurus.cs.cornell.edu (Robert Cooper) writes:

   How much to people use the "network" scope? Is NFS reliability, "stale file
   handle" and other effects a problem?

Sure they're a problem.  They're a problem if you're not using ToolTalk, so
they remain a problem after you start using ToolTalk.  However, if the file
server is up, so you can get to the file, then you should be able to get
ToolTalk to deliver messages about the file.

   Do other people think that sequential
   ordering on messages is important?

Yes.  ToolTalk uses TCP so ordering of messages can be relied on.  As long
as no explicit request is made to delay or reroute the message (i.e.,
queuing the message or rejecting it), ToolTalk will never deliver a message
from one sender to a receiver after a message sent later from the same
sender to the same receiver.

BTW, when Robert Allen said that ToolTalk is "available" for HP, IBM, and DEC
RISC UNIX platforms, he slightly exaggerated -- it's been announced,
but won't actually ship until later this year.


Rich

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Rich McAllister (rfm@eng.sun.com)