From: Jacob Fugal <lukfugl@...>
Date: 2006-01-10T06:35:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Futures in Ruby

On 1/9/06, Adam Sanderson <netghost@gmail.com> wrote:
> So here is a quick implementation of transparent futures in ruby.

Also see http://jacob.fugal.net/blog/4

There are some significant differences in implementation between mine
and yours, particularly that yours is a mix between futures and
asyncs. If I understand correctly (which I may not), the body of a
future shouldn't be executed until requested. This is important in
that the body of the future may have side effects that shouldn't be
invoked until requested. Thus starting the thread that calculates the
future right away isn't quite correct. But as a mix between futures
and asyncs, I can see how it might be useful.

Jacob Fugal