February 2019
Intermediate to advanced
672 pages
16h 50m
English
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Chapter 8
What is the idea behind concurrency, and why is it useful?
Concurrency is about designing and structuring program commands and instructions so that different sections of the program can be executed in an efficient order, while sharing the same resources.
What are the differences between concurrent programming and sequential programming?
In sequential programming, the commands and instructions are executed one at the time, in a sequential order. In concurrent programming, some sections might be executed in an efficient way for better execution time.
What are the differences between concurrent programming and parallel programming?
In parallel programming, the separate sections of a program are independent of one another; they do not ...