The Tyranny of the Clock.

The author mentions the computer scientist Alan Turing and argues that clocked synchronization of computer programs inhibits communication efficiency and information transmission, focusing on research in clock-free computer programming. According to the author, communication rather than logic should...

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Published in:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 55; no. 10; pp. 35 - 37
Main Author:	Sutherland, Ivan
Format:	Opinion
Published:	Association for Computing Machinery Oct2012
Subjects:	Synchronization software Computer programming Mathematical optimization Electronic data processing costs
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