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Re:The Big Little Guide to Message Queues by PudgePacket on Thursday December 31, 2020 @08:44PM (#25599883)
Could you purge conditionally? Eg Purge where message importance < critical.
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Re:The Big Little Guide to Message Queues by sudhirj on Friday January 01, 2021 @12:02AM (#25600997)
Depends on the particular system you’re using. Some might allow it, or you could do it with a script if you really wanted to.
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Re:The Big Little Guide to Message Queues by dastbe on Friday January 01, 2021 @08:36PM (#25609341)
you’d have to build that into your system, or build a synchronous system in front of you queue to provide these semantics. and does critical imply time sensitivity, necessity of delivery, or both?
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