The Case of a Leaky Goroutine

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In the programming language Go, it’s very easy to build something using high-level concurrent patterns thanks to the concept of Goroutines and channels used to signal between them. A Goroutine is essentially a coroutine that maps onto green threads that … Read more

The Law of Leaky Abstractions (2002)

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There’s a key piece of magic in the engineering of the Internet which you rely on every single day. It happens in the TCP protocol, one of the fundamental building blocks of the Internet. TCP is a way to transmit … Read more

Leaky pipes can be better for moving water

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Nature Video 01 July 2021 Tiny 3D printed structures let water flow through them despite being open to the air Ellie Mackay Ellie Mackay You have full access to this article via your institution. [embedded content] Researchers have taken inspiration … Read more

Leaky Abstractions

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In the late 1990s, the Windows Shell and Internet Explorer teams introduced a lot of brilliant and intricate designs that allowed intricate extension of the shell and the browser to handle scenarios beyond what those built by Microsoft itself. For … Read more