Guide

Read in order the first time: from your first coroutine to a supervised, multi-core, message-passing program.

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The guide is written to be read in order the first time. It walks from your first coroutine to a supervised, multi-core, message-passing program, explaining the model as it goes and calling out the alternatives that were considered and set aside.

• 1. Getting started
• 2. Fibers and the event loop
• 3. Processes and messages
• 4. Links, monitors, and supervisors
• 5. Blocking work and I/O
• Thinking in libxtc – the mental shifts and anti-patterns
• Debugging and observing

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Table of contents

• Getting started
• Fibers and the event loop
• Processes and messages
• Links, monitors, and supervisors
• Blocking work and I/O
• Resource limits
• Thinking in libxtc
• Debugging and observing