video 1.0 Vimeo http://vimeo.com/ team0xf http://vimeo.com/user804227 0 <object width="504" height="372"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1873969&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1873969&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="504" height="372"></embed></object> 504 372 2508 Talk from the first day of the conference by Mikola Lysenko. In computer science, a fiber is a particularly lightweight thread of execution. Like threads, fibers share address space; where a distinction exists, it is that fibers use co-operative multitasking while threads use pre-emptive multitasking. Threads often depend on the kernel's thread scheduler to preempt a busy thread and resume another thread; fibers yield themselves to run another fiber while executing. Mikola's own wording: " Tango's Fibers represent a major step beyond Phobos. From this single primitive, we can build a host of patterns including coroutines, generators and actor model processes -- all of which would be impossible in Phobos. This type of flow-control is invaluable when designing highly-concurrent systems such as video games or web services. This talk will focus on the Fiber API, some applications and Tango's implementation. All levels of experience welcome" It appear that D programming language has first both really multiplatform and correct implementation of Fiber magic Slides can be downloaded from: team0xf.com/conference/fibers.pdf http://images.vimeo.com/15/25/93/152593582/152593582_200.jpg 200 150 1873969