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diff --git a/src/doc/guide.md b/src/doc/guide.md index c2d43a20ec4..0280fb9e97c 100644 --- a/src/doc/guide.md +++ b/src/doc/guide.md @@ -5174,12 +5174,12 @@ processor. Rust's semantics lend themselves very nicely to solving a number of issues that programmers have with concurrency. Many concurrency errors that are runtime errors in other languages are compile-time errors in Rust. -Rust's concurrency primitive is called a **task**. Tasks are lightweight, and -do not share memory in an unsafe manner, preferring message passing to -communicate. It's worth noting that tasks are implemented as a library, and -not part of the language. This means that in the future, other concurrency -libraries can be written for Rust to help in specific scenarios. Here's an -example of creating a task: +Rust's concurrency primitive is called a **task**. Tasks are similar to +threads, and do not share memory in an unsafe manner, preferring message +passing to communicate. It's worth noting that tasks are implemented as a +library, and not part of the language. This means that in the future, other +concurrency libraries can be written for Rust to help in specific scenarios. +Here's an example of creating a task: ```{rust} spawn(proc() { |