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- Subject: Re: What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?
- From: Miles Bader <miles.bader@...>
- Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:29:34 +0900
"Gregg Reynolds" <dev@mobileink.com> writes:
> I would be very reluctant to adopt a neologism like fiber.
> Terminology proliferation is a bit like feature creep, plus you run
> the risk of incurring cuteness penalties; "fiber" looks a tad too
> precious for my taste.
Seriously...
A word like "coroutine" has a long history, and moreover, actually gives
you a hint about what's going on; "fiber/fibre" seems to have utterly
nothing to recommend it.
-Miles
--
97% of everything is grunge
- References:
- What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?, John Klimek
- Re: What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?, Asko Kauppi
- Re: What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?, Gregg Reynolds
- Re: What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?, Ana Lucia Moura
- Re: What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?, Gregg Reynolds
- Re: What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?, David Given
- Re: What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?, Gregg Reynolds
- Re: What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?, David Given
- Re: What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?, Gregg Reynolds
- Re: What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?, Tony Finch
- Re: What's the difference between a "coroutine" and a "thread" in Lua?, Gregg Reynolds
