diff --git a/polychoron.myco b/polychoron.myco new file mode 100644 index 0000000..38f4a4f --- /dev/null +++ b/polychoron.myco @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +Polychoron is the [[potatOS]] component responsible for multitasking. PotatOS is written in [[Lua]], which uses [[coroutines]] for cooperative multithreading, and [[ComputerCraft]], which uses primarily event-driven IO, so Polychoron creates coroutines for every thread/process, waking them when the appropriate event is received. Unlike the native `parallel` mechanism, Polychoron processes can be added, removed or paused at runtime. + +Since PotatOS Epenthesis, Polychoron has also managed capabilities and restrictions for each process and provided IPC. \ No newline at end of file