On Thu, 2012-10-11 at 20:30 -0700, Charles Hixson wrote: […] > I'm not clear on what Fibers are. From Ruby they seem to mean > co-routines, and that doesn't have much advantage. But it also seems as […]
I think the emerging consensus is that threads allow for pre-emptive scheduling whereas fibres do not. So yes as in Ruby, fibres are collaborative co-routines. Stackless Python is similar. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@winder.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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