Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote: >> generators > > What do you mean by "generators"?
He means asymmetric coroutines, such as what Python and C# support. See Microsoft's "Concurrency and Coordination Runtime" for an example of using generators to implement a lightweight concurrency framework. Basically, you have a scheduler which executes generators producing "asynchronous values". When the generator yields an "asynchronous value" generated by a blocking call, the scheduler blocks the generator on the value until it resolves, then resumes the generator. It's basically a process model without the need for stacks, so you enjoy the structure of a sequential program, but with the benefits of asynchronous execution. Sandro _______________________________________________ bitc-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.coyotos.org/mailman/listinfo/bitc-dev
