tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358640.post2590666420197371258..comments2023-12-28T08:54:07.007-08:00Comments on Eclipse Communication Framework: Asynchronous Remote Services - The future or the callbackScott Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783631237186844143noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358640.post-4387061824880687882010-04-28T07:45:06.072-07:002010-04-28T07:45:06.072-07:00@Anonymous. WRT explaining futures. Futures are ...@Anonymous. WRT explaining futures. Futures are used to represent a future return value...not present initially, but eventually/asynchronously. They are originally from the actor model of computation. There's lots of further detail and links on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futures_and_promises" rel="nofollow">this wiki page</a>.Scott Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783631237186844143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358640.post-15636896360821712752010-04-28T06:59:53.787-07:002010-04-28T06:59:53.787-07:00Callbacks I get, but can you explain what futures ...Callbacks I get, but can you explain what futures are and how they might be used?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com