the Disruptor framework vs The Complexities of Concurrency

[deadalnix]

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?
>

Indeed, I felt the same with that paper. I suggest you read :
http://blog.codeaholics.org/2011/the-disruptor-lock-free-publishing/
http://mechanitis.blogspot.com/2011/06/dissecting-disruptor-how-do-i-read-from.html
http://mechanitis.blogspot.com/2011/06/dissecting-disruptor-whats-so-special.html
http://mechanitis.blogspot.com/2011/07/dissecting-disruptor-writing-to-ring.html