[stdlib-sig] futures - a new package for asynchronous execution

Jesse Noller jnoller at gmail.com
Sat Nov 7 16:07:07 CET 2009


On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> Le vendredi 06 novembre 2009 à 21:20 -0500, Jesse Noller a écrit :
>> > But I really do like the idea. With java.util.concurrent and Grand
>> > Central Dispatch out there, I think it shows some demand for a way to
>> > easily abstract out concurrency management stuff and leave it up to a
>> > library.
>>
>> Making it eas(y)(ier), safer and simple would be nice.
>
> I agree with that. From a quick look at the API it seems it deserves
> simplifying and polishing.
>
> Regards
>
> Antoine.

Which API? My comment wasn't aimed at the API of the package - in the
time I got to scan it last night nothing jumped out at me as overly
offensive API-wise.


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