GNU bug report logs - #38807
[Feature request]: Support lisp workers like web workers.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: HaiJun Zhang <netjune <at> outlook.com>

Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 05:29:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: netjune <at> outlook.com, 38807 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38807: [Feature request]: Support lisp workers like web workers.
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 18:26:27 +0200
> Cc: 38807 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 18:40:49 +0300
> 
> On 30.12.2019 17:23, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > We have threads in Emacs, so you could start by using them, no?
> 
> The main point of Web Workers is that they run in parallel to the main 
> thread.

This reminds me of an old joke: when a shop owner was approached by an
employee asking to work 5 days a week, the owner answered: let's start
with one, and then gradually arrive at 5.

More to the point, I did say "you could start", didn't I?




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