I've released a new version of JStress. Many libraries have been updated. Dead code removed. Packaged it into a single jar file, libraries included, so it can simply be pushed to a remote system and run. And lastly, provided R scripts for generating profile plots from a a LinearStepRun.
This blog entry has inspired me to make a few notes to work out some ideas through this rather meandering essay.
In very simple terms (read convenient simplification, see below), a queue is a serialized list of pending requests. And it is typically used to broker/filter/throttle requests to a naturally concurrent system behind it. What's interesting is that systems are typically compositions of other naturally concurrent (sub)systems. Turtles all the way down, if you will...
A new version of JStress has just been released along with a sporty new web site.
