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Using the term thread interchangeably with goroutine causes confusion, otherwise why bother having a different name for them in the first place?
by justinhj 14y ago
Using the term thread interchangeably with goroutine causes confusion, otherwise why bother having a different name for them in the first place?
- danieldk 14y agoBecause there already exists a perfectly fine name for them: green threads (as opposed to operating system threads), using M:N threading. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_threads http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_threads http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread_(computing)#M:N_.28Hybrid_threading.29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread_(computing)#M:N_.28Hybri... They are just a subclass of threads.