** Summary **

Concurrency is concept of simultaneous execution of computational tasks.

** See Also **

   [chords]:   
   [CSP]:   
   [co-routines]:   
   [continuation]:   
   [flow-based programming]:   
   [event-oriented programming%|%event-driven programming]:   
   [generators]:   
   [processes]:   
   [latent function]:   s
   [microthreads]:   
   [monitors]:   
   [object-bound mutexes]:   
   [asynchronous methods]:   
   [tasks]:   
   [semaphores]:   
   [threads]:   
   [weightless threads]:   
   [guarded methods]:   
   [iterators]:   
   [A Thread-Safe Message Queue]:   
   [distributed computing]:   
   [parallel processing]:   
   [http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/grid/library/gr-future.html%|%grid services]:   


** Reference **

   [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrency_(computer_science)%|%Concurrency] ,Wikipedia:   

   [http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-sc5.html%|%Concurrency for grown-ups] by [CL%|%Cameron Laird], [developerWorks], 2002-08-15:   

   [http://arstechnica.com/paedia/h/hyperthreading/hyperthreading-1.html%|%Introduction to Multithreading, Superthreading and Hyperthreading], by Jon Stokes:   claims to be mostly about (rather specific) hardware, in fact its readability and confident accuracy recommend it for those in search of a more general introduction to operating system-level concurrency.

** Description **


[Tcl]onians typically focus on maintainability and related development issues.
For a hard-core performance perspective on concurrency, see "The C10K problem"
[http://kegel.com/c10k.html%|%The C10K Problem].

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