Are threads basically processes in message passing model?
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@haoran From what I know, not necessarily. The certainly can be, there are protocols like XPC (cross process communication) that exist for processes to communicate.
However, as you'll see in a later assignment, sometimes it's better to think of it as machines over the network. When you send or receive a message, it may be to another machine over the network for distributed processing across multiple machines (technically they're processes on different machines, but the point is just to be aware that it's not always thought of as inter process communication).
Are threads basically processes in message passing model?
@haoran From what I know, not necessarily. The certainly can be, there are protocols like XPC (cross process communication) that exist for processes to communicate.
However, as you'll see in a later assignment, sometimes it's better to think of it as machines over the network. When you send or receive a message, it may be to another machine over the network for distributed processing across multiple machines (technically they're processes on different machines, but the point is just to be aware that it's not always thought of as inter process communication).