Re: What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?

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Subject: Re: What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?
From: "Ana Lucia Moura" <analuciadm@...>
Date: 2007年8月10日 16:51:29 -0300

2007年8月10日, Gregg Reynolds <dev@mobileink.com>:

On 8/10/07, Ana Lucia Moura <analuciadm@gmail.com> wrote:
> I heartily recommend using "coroutine", the proper denomination for the
> concept, which was introduced more than 40 years ago :)

Which concept, coroutines or threads? They're not synonymous.

-g

Coroutines (can be explained to the new generation as "light threads with no preemption" :) )

References:
- What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?, John Klimek
- Re: What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?, Asko Kauppi
- Re: What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?, Gregg Reynolds
- Re: What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?, Ana Lucia Moura
- Re: What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?, Gregg Reynolds

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