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Subject: Re: [boost] new libaray Boost.Fiber in vault
From: k-oli_at_[hidden]
Date: 2008-11-01 15:21:33


Am Samstag, 1. November 2008 20:15:27 schrieb Mathias Gaunard:
> k-oli_at_[hidden] wrote:
> > Could you please explain why it is faster? I'm
> > using ::makecontext()/::CreateFiber() too.
>
> It uses assembly for an optimal, userland-only, solution.
> At least that was planned I believe.

So it is less portable - on LINUX amd64 I get compiler errors (assembler code
doesn't compile).
What about HP/UX PA-RISC and Itanium etc.?


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