A part of [Concurrency concepts].

Generators are a fundamental part of the Icon programming language [http://www.cs.arizona.edu/icon/index.htm] and were later borrowed by other
languages.  In Icon generators and co-expressions are related but not identical.
''(Added by [escargo] 10/24/2002)''

[[also called "co-expressions", or, by [Donald E. Knuth], "semi-coroutines"]]


Generators are big in modern [Python].


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[LV] So, would someone like to add some info on what a generator is, and how it differs from [iterators] or co-expressions? [RS]: ... or [Streams]?
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