Re: green-threads in lua

[Asko Kauppi <askok@...>]

When/if the green threads becomes a true possibility in Lua, would it  
mean that the code run within them is not allowed to touch the  
'coroutine.*' features itself?

This is perfectly okay in my understanding, just want to ask.

I'd see green threads being the way to make Lanes spawn even more  
threads, without using up the OS level "real" threads pool.

-asko



Ivan Gagis kirjoitti 31.7.2008 kello 18:22:

> Hi Javier,
>
> green threads are used extensively in Java VMs for embedded systems,  
> majority of Java VMs for mobile phones use green threads.
>
> Currently, lua offers coroutines for systems where using the OS  
> threads is undesirable. Green threads would be a good alternative to  
> coroutines.
>
> Thanks,
> Ivan
>
> 2008/7/31 Javier Guerra <javier@guerrag.com>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 5:07 AM, Ivan Gagis <igagis@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I saw some discussion about different implementations of threads  
> in lua, but
> > no one talked about green threads.
> >
> > In my opinion introducing the green treads would be a very good  
> alternative
> > to all implementations of threads (with native OS threads)  
> existing at the
> > moment and coroutines.
>
> does green threads offer any hard advantage on modern systems? most
> java VMs have migrated away from them...
>
> (i know, Erlang and friends do that; but i think their architecture
> offers special benefits from greeness that wouldn't transfer to Lua)
>
> --
> Javier