English translation: use of dummy processes, stubbing
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I'm thinking here that, when developing a system or part of one, it is often impossible or impractical to have access to the full functionality, therefore you have to use dummy processes to mimic what happens, but with no direct impact on any live system (probably quite important for a power station :-) )
Here, the deliverable has to fully operational, conditional upon the fact that dummy processes may have been used, and therefore the impact of replacing the dummies with actual live processes is unknown to a certain extent.
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Given that the purpose of "dummies" is to simulate reality without actually involving reality (where "reality" here can be taken to mean "the live/production environment"), then I would suggest that "dummy processes" still fits.
Indeed, I would go so far as to say that you could be justified in replacing "bouchonnage" with "simulation" in this context, since here the terms are clearly synonymous.
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Actually, to say they're "clearly synonymous" was probably an exaggeration on my part :-) The notions are so closely linked however as to be *almost* interchangeable, particularly in a title.
Thanks Charlie - I think you're definitely on the right lines here. My client has suggested "stubbing" which is the use of "stubs" to simulate expected outputs, so that's what I'll probably use, but I really appreciate your explanation and confirmation! 3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
Explanation: This paper describes an extension to Kent Retargetable occam Compiler (KRoC), which enables the execution of a blocking call, without blocking the occam-kernel. This allows a process to make a blocking system call (eg, read, write), without blocking processes running in parallel with it
I'm thinking here that, when developing a system or part of one, it is often impossible or impractical to have access to the full functionality, therefore you have to use dummy processes to mimic what happens, but with no direct impact on any live system (probably quite important for a power station :-) )
Here, the deliverable has to fully operational, conditional upon the fact that dummy processes may have been used, and therefore the impact of replacing the dummies with actual live processes is unknown to a certain extent.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 hrs 11 mins (2005-10-24 11:08:32 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Given that the purpose of "dummies" is to simulate reality without actually involving reality (where "reality" here can be taken to mean "the live/production environment"), then I would suggest that "dummy processes" still fits.
Indeed, I would go so far as to say that you could be justified in replacing "bouchonnage" with "simulation" in this context, since here the terms are clearly synonymous.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 hrs 16 mins (2005-10-24 11:12:52 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Actually, to say they're "clearly synonymous" was probably an exaggeration on my part :-) The notions are so closely linked however as to be *almost* interchangeable, particularly in a title.
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Thanks Charlie - I think you're definitely on the right lines here. My client has suggested "stubbing" which is the use of "stubs" to simulate expected outputs, so that's what I'll probably use, but I really appreciate your explanation and confirmation!
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