[fpc-devel] Light weight threads for FPC

[Michael Schnell]

David Butler wrote:
> A big difference between threads and fibers in Windows is that threads 
> are preemtively scheduled, while fibers are co-operatively scheduled.
That sounds very logical.

I gather cooperative scheduling is not possible when distributing the 
work on multiple processors. So using fibers are no option for the kind 
of "light weight threads" requested by the OP.
>  
> Unfortunately, Windows' fiber implementation has severe limitations.
No wonder :)
>  
> To get around this I created a library that does real light-weight 
> "fibers".
I suppose as they run in a single system thread they are no option for 
the kind of "light weight threads" requested by the OP.
 
-Michael