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> Greenlets are similar to coroutines [...] the async ecosystem in Python is fractured in two big groups. Async in software development in general is fractured

by pansa2 6y ago

> Greenlets are similar to coroutines [...] the async ecosystem in Python is fractured in two big groups. Async in software development in general is fractured in two big groups. On the one hand languages like C#, C++ and Dart support (stackless) coroutines like Python’s - and on the other hand, Go, Java and Lua support stackful coroutines that are more like Python’s greenlets. There are pros and cons to each approach. I wonder if one or the other will eventually become dominant.

BorisTheBrave 6y ago
What is Java's support for "stackful coroutines"?
- pansa2 6y ago
  Project Loom: https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/loom/Main https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/loom/Main
  - fnord123 6y ago
    You used the present tense. Loom is not available yet.
gpderetta 6y ago
to be fair, stackless coroutines are in the C++ language because they require language support. There are also options for stackful coroutines and of course good old threads.