17. The system of claim 15 further comprising: a first circuit configured to begin execution of the joiner algorithm associated with the at least one joiner when all consistent joiner input sets have arrived at the joiner input terminals, the all consistent joiner input sets corresponding to all consistent splitter output sets generated by the splitter algorithm associated with the associated at least one splitter; and a second circuit configured to complete execution of the joiner algorithm at any time thereafter.
15. The system of claim 7 further comprising: a first circuit configured to execute the joiner algorithm associated with the at least one joiner when a first consistent joiner input set arrives at the joiner input terminals, the first consistent joiner input set corresponding to a first in order consistent splitter output set generated by the splitter algorithm; a second circuit configured to continue to execute the joiner algorithm as and when a next consistent joiner input set arrives at the joiner input terminals, the next consistent joiner input set corresponding to a next in order consistent splitter output set generated by the splitter algorithm associated with the at least one splitter; and a third circuit configured to complete execution of the joiner algorithm after all consistent joiner input sets have arrived in corresponding order at the joiner input terminals, the all consistent joiner input sets corresponding to all consistent splitter output sets generated by the splitter algorithm associated with the associated at least one splitter.