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On 2018/01/25 6:51, Eric Wong wrote:
>> Threadlet?
> OK, I am liking "threadlet", and it looks like a real word:
> 
> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/threadlet
> ": a small thread : a delicate filament"
> 

Another idea is to pass option to `Thread.new()` like
`Thread.new(preemption: false)`.

Note: we can't pass thread options because of args/keywords spec.
       It was pseudo code.
Note2: I agree it can be confusing with mixing normal Threads and 
Threadlet. It likes `proc` and `lambda`.

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// SASADA Koichi at atdot dot net