Francis Burton F.L.Burton at bio.gla.ac.uk
Tue Dec 31 10:51:55 EST 2002

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Lyle Johnson wrote:
> No, Ruby and Python use very different threading implementations. Python
> uses "native" or "system" threads (depending on your choice of
> terminology) while Ruby uses "user" or "lightweight" threads.

What difference does this make in practice? Is there somewhere I
can read about "native" vs "user" threads?

Francis

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