Pre-West Prep: Zach Tellman

April 15, 2015

Talk: Everything Will Flow

Zach Tellman's talk at Clojure/West is about applying Queueing Theory to Clojure code.

Background

Zach Tellman is known for his philosophical talks. They connect a broad range of ideas. This talk is about Queueing Theory, which has its roots in telephone network analysis. Since core.async channels are essentially queues, knowledge of how queues behave is fundamental to using the library well.

The Wikipedia page on Queueing Theory is informative. There is kind of a longer lecture if you're interested in going for an hour on the topic. Finally, I recommend this talk from the React conference, which touches on queueing theory in computer systems.

About Zach Tellman

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