Fibers (OT: Name)

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On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:47:14 +0200, Don wrote:

> Bill Baxter wrote:
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> 
> OT: When I first read about fibers (in Microsoft docs) I found the
> terminology terribly confusing. Until I realized that "fiber" was the US
> spelling of "fibre", at which point the connection with threads became
> understandable. I still don't like the name, since OS threads aren't
> really made of "fibers". You're just switching stacks. One aspect of
> implementing threads is switching stacks. And that's the extent of the
> relationship, as far as I can tell.

"Fiber" is also confusing to me (but I got used to it a bit).
Why can't we call it StackThreads anyway?