the Disruptor framework vs The Complexities of Concurrency

[Nick B]

On Monday, 10 December 2012 at 23:04:56 UTC, Nick B wrote:
> On Monday, 10 December 2012 at 20:08:32 UTC, Andrei 
> Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 12/9/12 10:58 PM, Nick B wrote:
>> [about the Disruptor framework]
>>> Would Andrei like to comment on any of the comments so far ??
>>
>> Sorry, I'd need to acquire expertise in Disruptor before 
>> discussing it. I found 
>> http://disruptor.googlecode.com/files/Disruptor-1.0.pdf quite 
>> difficult to get into because it spends the first page stating 
>> how good Disruptor is, then the next 3 pages discussing 
>> unrelated generalities, to then start discussing 
>> implementation details still without really defining the 
>> pattern. I had to stop there.
>>
>> Is there a more concise description of the pattern?
>>
>>

Ok, does anyone consider that this pattern, though not well 
described, has any value ?

Nick