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> Fibers are user-mode lightweight threads that allow synchronous (blocking) code to be efficiently scheduled, so that it performs as well as asynchronous code

> Fibers are user-mode lightweight threads that allow synchronous (blocking) code to be efficiently scheduled, so that it performs as well as asynchronous code Sounds a lot like Erlang BEAM processes.

pron 7y ago
Yep; or Go's goroutines. Except that the fibers are implemented and scheduled in the Java libraries; the VM only provides continuations.
- mycall 7y ago
  How does it compare to Windows fibers?