Talk:Dataflow

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[edit] Data Flow Computers are Distinct from Data Flow as a Software Concept

I do not believe "data flow computers" should be merged with "Data Flow" because the design of data flow computers involves many issues that are not relevant to data flow as it is used in software design. The article on "Data Flow" has a section on Data Flow Hardware that perhaps should be merged with the article on Data Flow Computers and then referenced from the Data Flow article.

I worked with a group of people who built a Data Flow Computer at Texas Instruments in the 1980's. Although it remained a proprietary project and never saw the light of day as a real product, it did involve a lot of interesting technical work. A0110915 17:47, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Data flow phenomena not documented

The data flow article is very good but I think it really needs to mention 'data flow phenomena' as a simple fact in tightly bound software patterns.

See the link below for an example of the term 'data flow' in describing the data flow of parameterize data in tightly bound software patterns.

Specifically the C# parameters types via the keyword ref and out signify the simplex/duplex nature of parameterize data in method calls.

I could write a quick section but I'd like to coordinate with the orignal article author (if they are still tracking this) and get their thoughts.

Thanks much for the great article.

Shawnktalk—-Shawn wiki 17:14, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

PS. Data flow in this sense is datums being passed through 3 to 7 methods such as message assembly, etc.

[edit] Data stream

What is the difference between dataflow and data stream ? 16@r 21:07, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

The 2 articles have good definitions, what doesn't make sense? Data stream is a term for data being transported from one location to another, usually multiple pieces of data. Dataflow is a method of achieving computation/transformation on data. They are 2 totally different ideas. Dyl 21:42, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
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