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The post uses the term “bulwark” - this is the first time I’ve heard of that. Is it any different than a mutex or semaphore?
by lwansbrough 8y ago
The post uses the term “bulwark” - this is the first time I’ve heard of that. Is it any different than a mutex or semaphore?
- sokoloff 8y agoBulwark is a non-CS term. Comes from military/nautical origin, a defensive barrier or the extension of the sides of a ship above the top deck.
- SlowRobotAhead 8y agoIt’s pretty much a semaphore, except that the author seems to tie it in with a Request Volume Threshold that prevents a number of attempts per time as well as a total number here, which is interesting to me where I have an application that will go from phone app to server and hadn’t considered the difference. That 10 connections is different from 10 instant connections.
- oweiler 8y agoThe probably more commonly used term is Bulkhead.