lysdexic@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 month agoConcurrency is not parallelismgo.devexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down12
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minus-squareFizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·1 month agoYeah it always bothered me that they’re saying “concurrency is not concurrency”. I’m going to start using “multitasking” instead. That’s so much better. Who’s with me?
minus-squaredoughless@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoI will typically use the terms asynchronous and parallel when discussing the concepts, but I hadn’t thought about using multitasking until I saw that comment. I mean, even C# calls them “tasks”.
Yeah it always bothered me that they’re saying “concurrency is not concurrency”.
I’m going to start using “multitasking” instead. That’s so much better. Who’s with me?
I will typically use the terms asynchronous and parallel when discussing the concepts, but I hadn’t thought about using multitasking until I saw that comment. I mean, even C# calls them “tasks”.