Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [boost.asio] Concurrently Ping 1000+ Hosts
From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-20 02:43:57
On 20 Dec 2013 at 8:04, Oliver Kowalke wrote:
> > 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,
I would call a fiber the user space portion of a thread, and
therefore minus any kernel support.
Niall
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