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| author | Dimitris Zlatanidis <d.zlatanidis@gmail.com> | 2014-02-07 22:38:37 +0700 |
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| committer | Erik Hanson <erik@slackbuilds.org> | 2014-02-08 11:10:12 -0600 |
| commit | d10b0ed9c2ac523953700376a940ef88993128c5 (patch) | |
| tree | 61516f5c282e0dacdf1aa3cfe2cfecf33b15e7ff /libraries/async/README | |
| parent | 51033c5c26550c0987c3fc92307cb4c470a16a24 (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-d10b0ed9c2ac523953700376a940ef88993128c5.tar.gz | |
libraries/async: Added (Async Framework).
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/libraries/async/README b/libraries/async/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ac6579546a --- /dev/null +++ b/libraries/async/README @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Async aims to make writing asyncronous processing easier. + +It provides a task-graph with interdependent tasks that communicate +using blocking channels, allowing to delay actual computations until +items are requested. +Tasks will automatically be distributed among 0 or more threads for +the actual computation. + +Even though the GIL effectively prevents true concurrency, operations +which block, such as file IO, can be sped up with it already. + +In conjuction with custom c extensions which release the GIL, true +concurrency can be obtained as well. |