On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 17:56 -0400, Sandro Magi wrote:
> On 7/10/07, skaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 12:59 -0400, Sandro Magi wrote:
> > > On 7/10/07, skaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > As long as you can continue useful computation while blocking, and you
> > > can do so safely, then you have a good concurrency model.
> >
> > On blocking: it's the other way around. The current fibre
> > executes UNTIL it blocks (or dies).
>
> So there are continuations being used to block and resume computation.
> The only difference seems exactly what you pointed out: promises are a
> type of reified continuation that the client can actually pass around
> until it chooses to block (by calling 'when'), instead of when they
> invoke the operation.
Actually if you want to play at a lower level you can pass
around continuations and run them yourself. Remember
Felix generates C++ and binds to any C++ .. including its
own C++...
///////////////////////////////
#import <flx.flxh>
var f = { println "hello"; };
f();
///////////////////////////////
look at the C++
--
John Skaller <skaller at users dot sf dot net>
Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net
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