Re: [Boost-users] [boost.asio] Concurrently Ping 1000+ Hosts

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [boost.asio] Concurrently Ping 1000+ Hosts
From: Oliver Kowalke (oliver.kowalke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-20 02:04:58

2013/12/20 <reminisc3_at_[hidden]>

> Are fibers just inherently threads? I read that they have all of the
> member functions that boost.thread offers. The async functionality looks
> very useful . At the very least, a promising extension of boost.thread.
>

fibers != threads,
'In computer science <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science>, a
*fiber* is a particularly lightweight thread of
execution<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread_of_execution>
.'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber_(computer_science)