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> Similar constructions have been available, even to C programmers, for well over a decade (and probably much longer). Of course they aren't called threads the
by furyofantares 14y ago
> Similar constructions have been available, even to C programmers, for well over a decade (and probably much longer).
Of course they aren't called threads there, either (probably for the same reason as they aren't called threads in Go)
- tptacek 14y agoSure they are. For instance, Gnu Pth. Programming language support for threading predates direct operating system support (at least in mainstream operating systems) by a lot of years, from what I can tell.
- furyofantares 14y agoThe ones I've used have just been called coroutines, though I suppose I haven't used any that function as drop-in replacements for threads like Pth