Summary
This lesson summarizes the concepts covered in this chapter.
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Chapter summary
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The call stack enables efficient allocation of local state and simplifies certain algorithms, especially the recursive ones.
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Fibers enable multiple call stacks per thread instead of the default single call stack per thread.
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A fiber pauses itself by yielding to its caller, and the caller resumes its fiber by calling it again.
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Generator presents a fiber as an InputRange.
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Fibers simplify algorithms that rely heavily on the call stack.
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Fibers simplify asynchronous input/output operations.
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Fibers provide cooperative multitasking, which has different trade-offs from preemptive multitasking.
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