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Threads

In Limbo, threads are built into the language and provide a powerful means of controlling program execution. A Limbo program consists of one or more processes each of which contains one or more threads. Limbo threads of execution that are preemptively scheduled by the system and may execute in parallel on a multi-processor machine. Threads are controlled by the Limbo run-time and execute cooperatively.



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