FoundationDB's Flow – Bringing Actor-Based Concurrency to C++11

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• pjmlp 5 hours ago
  This looks kind of outdated, especially since we are on C++23 as latest approved standard, and co-routines would be a better approach since C++20.

  Also how is the supposed Swift rewrite going on?

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  • jwolfe 0 minutes ago
    You're in luck: https://github.com/apple/foundationdb/blob/main/design/corou...
  • hiyfsch 44 minutes ago
    Just because coroutines exist doesn’t mean everything should use them for concurrency.

    Why would it be better? It’s pretty easy to set up threads in general.
• jen20 6 hours ago
  A previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46191763
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  • dang 1 hour ago
    Thanks! Macroexpanded:

    Flow: Actor-based language for C++, used by FoundationDB - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46191763 - Dec 2025 (53 comments)