Fibers don't actually execute asynchronously. They represent an alternate
execution context (code and stack) but are executed by the thread that calls
them, and control is returned when they either yield or complete. This video
is a good introduction to fibers:
http://vimeo.com/1873969
On Ju
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On Tuesday, 11 June 2013 at 19:57:27 UTC, Jonathan Dunlap wrote:
I was listening to one of the DConf sessions and where was some
talk about implementing async from C# into D someday in the far
future. Recently I learned about D's fibers... and it looks
like the same thing to me. What ar
I was listening to one of the DConf sessions and where was some
talk about implementing async from C# into D someday in the far
future. Recently I learned about D's fibers... and it looks like
the same thing to me. What are the major differences in principle?
-Jonathan
@jonathanAdunlap
