Coroutines

[sroohani]

Hi there,

I know perhaps this is not the right place to ask this question. But since I do my code in C++, I prefered to ask C++ programmers.

I surfed the net and found some description about coroutines in different programming languages. Does any one know which languages support coroutines and does C++ support coroutines?

Thanks,
Shahram

 

[CodingNovice]

As C++ knows nothing of threads and threading coroutines are not built in to the language. C++ can support coroutines though if the features of an operating system are used. POSIX and Win32 threads can both be used to support coroutines in C++.

 

[xwb]

The only language I know of that supports coroutines is Modula-2.

For those who don't know what a co-routine is, have a look at
http://www.sidhe.org/~dan/blog/archives/000178.html

In windows, you may be able to implement it using fibers. Some Windows books have, at most about half a page on fibers.

 

[woja]

Yeah, Modula-2 supports co-routines but, I think Ada does as well (memory hazy; worked very little bit with Ada compiler about 12 = 14 years ago).

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[sroohani]

Yes, thank you all. I got my answer.