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[Feature request]: Support lisp workers like web workers.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: HaiJun Zhang <netjune <at> outlook.com>
Cc: 38807 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: bug#38807: [Feature request]: Support lisp workers like web workers.
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2020 05:37:48 +0200

> Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 11:20:25 +0800
> From: HaiJun Zhang <netjune <at> outlook.com>
> Cc: 38807 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> 在 2019年12月31日 +0800 AM12:26，Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>，写道：
> 
>  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? 
> 
> I can’t understand this. Can you explain it?

Whatever application you have in mind, try implementing it using what
we already have regarding Lisp threads, and see if the limitations
Michael mentioned are really so grave.  It could be that for some
applications what we have is good enough.  And if not, you will
collect some experience and understand better what additional features
do you need.

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