Re: [wsbpel] implicite links of the runtime engine (was: Implicit<sequence> macro)

[Ron Ten-Hove <Ronald.Ten-Hove@Sun.COM>]

Satish Thatte wrote:

>The point about the Pi emulation of data was clearly rhetorical ;-)
>
I certainly took it that way, but text-based communication lacks certain 
subtleties.

>
>The key point I was trying to make was that minimality is in the eye of
>the beholder, and does not lead to a unique result.
>
>The merger of the block structured and graph oriented control regimes is
>actually a unique and useful characteristic of BPEL in that it puts to
>bed a perennial debate in this area.  I think the cost in feature
>overhead is pretty minimal for that benefit.
>
Since I wasn't party to such debates, I can't say I find this merger to 
be a valuable feature. Can I attribute the structural restrictions 
(i.e., DAG) mandated in the current spec as fallout from this merger?

Cheers,
-Ron