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- Subject: RE: Lua and multi-threaded FastCGI servers
- From: "Vijay Aswadhati" <wyseman@...>
- Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 23:13:22 -0800
>
> no, that lua_newthread() creates a lua 'thread' value. i think it's the
> basic
> value that holds state, used to create coroutines. it gets confusing
> because
> of the name, but it's a different thing.
Would it be more appropriate to call a Lua thread a Lua Fiber (to borrow the
terminology from Windows) to avoid such confusion? I am just thinking out
loud.
For the curious,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/09/CoroutinesinNET/default.aspx
throws some more light on the subject of Fiber.
Vijay Aswadhati
