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Subject: Re: [boost] new libaray Boost.Fiber in vault
From: vicente.botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-03 04:03:36


----- Original Message -----
From: "Hartmut Kaiser" <hartmut.kaiser_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [boost] new libaray Boost.Fiber in vault

> The Coroutines library is built on top of a context switching/fibers
> component supporting better/faster context switching than yours (at least
> on
> gcc based platforms), currently.
>
> Clearly some integration would be really nice, IMHO.

Hi,

AFAIK, Giovanni was working on a version based on continuations. Can some
one clarify the differences between fibers and continuations?

Thanks,

Vicente


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