Re:Erlang Scheduler Details and Why They Matter
by phamilton on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @11:46AM
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My understanding is that isn't really preemption, rather it's cooperative scheduling. As soon as the scheduler hand execution to the actor, everything else in the system has to hope there isn't a bug in the actor that permanently ties up that thread.
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Re:Erlang Scheduler Details and Why They Matter
by strmpnk on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @01:09PM
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Good point. I guess I find it like a hybrid where you don't benefit from the cooperative side and don't achieve true preemption. I think either end would be better than keeping the middle ground.