eulerfx234

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1. 1.▲
   by eulerfx234 10y ago

   In CML/Hopac, async channels (buffers) are implemented in terms of sync channels - there is not async channel primitive built in. Synchronization is the essence of this model. When an operation is waiting on a matching communication th
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   by eulerfx234 10y ago

   Also, to compare with other languages: Async is similar to a Future (such as in Java), with the difference that Future produces a result once and caches it, whereas Async re-evaluates each time it is executed. It can be made to cache of cou
3. 3.▲
   by eulerfx234 10y ago

   I'm an engineer at Jet and hopefully I'll be able to answer your question. The concurrency model within F# is based on continuations. The type Async<'a> = (('a -> unit) -> unit) - its a function which accepts