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Re:Parallelizing the Naughty Dog Engine Using Fibers [video] by fit2rule on Friday May 27, 2016 @06:10AM (#11784987)
I think MIPS RISC/Os had 'green' threads in the 80's, or I could be mixing it up with Tandem terminology, where Fiber was a constant type, I seem to recall .. either way, the idea of a userspace-managed thread scheme is as old as the hills.

The question has always been: who deals out the work, the OS or the App? and as we can see, the question will continue to be asked, and un-answered, probably ad infinitum ..

Re:Parallelizing the Naughty Dog Engine Using Fibers [video] by pvg on Friday May 27, 2016 @09:36AM (#11785896)
Did it call them 'green threads'? If not, the terminology itself probably doesn't come from there.
Re:Parallelizing the Naughty Dog Engine Using Fibers [video] by fit2rule on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @03:05PM (#11809165)
I do remember Tandem and/or Wang talking about green (transportable) threads who were okay to suspend/resume across processor units .. I wish I could find more info, but I really do recall the term being applicable way back when ..