On 04/27/2011 08:33 PM, Charles Oliver Nutter wrote: > 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.
Yes, 100% agree. Coroutine can also be used to implement generators in Java, introducing yield in the release that introduce lambda make a lot of sense for me. > - Charlie Rémi _______________________________________________ mlvm-dev mailing list mlvm-dev@openjdk.java.net http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/mlvm-dev
