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Chapter 7  Engines and Threads

Starting with release 7.0, ECLiPSe supports multiple engines and multi-threaded execution.

An engine is an entity with its own data areas and potentially independent control flow. This implies:

On the other hand, engines share or can share the following:

An engine can optionally be associated with a thread, allowing it to execute concurrently with other engines.

For more details, see the Reference Manual Section on Engines.


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