Re: What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?

["Ana Lucia Moura" <analuciadm@...>]

2007/8/10, Gregg Reynolds <dev@mobileink.com>:

On 8/10/07, Ana Lucia Moura <analuciadm@gmail.com> wrote:
> I heartily recommend using "coroutine", the proper denomination for the
> concept, which was introduced more than 40 years ago :)

Which concept, coroutines or threads?  They're not synonymous.

-g

Coroutines  (can be explained to the new generation as  "light  threads with no preemption" :)  )