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They used to be closer to fibers years ago, when they were running on a single thread by default. Now they behave exactly like normal threads with the same prob
by zzzcpan 8y ago
They used to be closer to fibers years ago, when they were running on a single thread by default. Now they behave exactly like normal threads with the same problems. And fibers are threads anyway.
- giancarlostoro 8y agoCare to share a reference to them no longer being lightweight?
- zzzcpan 8y agoThey still start with tiny stacks, if that's what you are asking. I believe it's somewhere around 2 KB nowadays.
- hu3 8y agogoroutines are anything but threads. Here's a 40min talk explaining how Go's scheduler works: https://youtu.be/YHRO5WQGh0k https://youtu.be/YHRO5WQGh0k
- zzzcpan 8y agoNo, they are threads. It doesn't matter if they start with tiny growing stacks and whether blocking syscall wrappers call into the scheduler. Those are just implementation details.