Thread-Multiplexing for D

[Sönke Ludwig]

Am 12.09.2013 16:12, schrieb Bienlein:
> Hello,
>
> I once had a look at Go and D and can't see a reason to choose Go
> except for language built-in CSP and thread-multiplexing. But
> thread-multiplexing in Go is really a killer feature, especially
> when developing server-side applications that need to scale with
> the number of requests (from the Internet). Several startups
> chose therefore Go. It could have been D.
>
> So my point is that it would be good to have thread multiplexing
> in D as well. It exists for Java, see
> http://hawtdispatch.fusesource.org/. And then there is the
> original from Apple:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Dispatch.
>
> I think server-side applications that need to scale and are not
> for enterprise computing (aka company internal Java clusters) is
> a new kind of application for which people could also decide to
> choose D for just like Go.
>
> Putting in some thread-multiplexing into D is not easy and I
> won't have the time for doing that. But I would like to suggest
> to start an effort in that direction or think it over whether
> that would be something to have.
>
> Regards, Bienlein

There is an existing implementation already: http://vibed.org/

I didn't hear the term thread-multiplexing before, though. Maybe that 
should be added somewhere to make it more searchable.