I think it's time to start talking about what we'd need to do to get coroutines in Java 8.
In the absence of forking, lightweight processes, or M:N threading, there's no efficient way to implement a large set of problems that demand fiber/coroutine-like behavior. Add to that the fact that languages like Ruby and Erlang already want for "fibers", and in JRuby and Erjang we have to hack around the JVM to support them. With the narrowing of Lucas's patch to downstream coroutines (rather than unbounded continuations) I believe most of the concerns about security have been addressed. Or at least, enough of those concerns have been addressed that we need to get this patch in front of more people to find new concerns. So, I guess what's needed would be at least a JSR, which then needs someone to lead it (I don't think we'd have much trouble getting people to participate). Any thoughts on trying to push coro through to Java 8 as an official feature? I'm convinced it needs to happen. - Charlie _______________________________________________ mlvm-dev mailing list mlvm-dev@openjdk.java.net http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/mlvm-dev
