This paper makes a pretty compelling argument against threads as a model for concurrency: http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2006/EECS-2006-1.pdf http:

This paper makes a pretty compelling argument against threads as a model for concurrency: http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2006/EECS-2006-1.pdf http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2006/EECS-2006-1....? [pdf]