# Are there any parallels for Julia tasks?

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**Created:** [March 9, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/are-there-any-parallels-for-julia-tasks/95828 "2023-03-09T22:25:08Z")\
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Do the Julia tasks (in the sense of design) resemble any other task-based parallel system?  
For instance, do they have anything in common with the Task Parallel Library of Microsoft?  
And, what are good examples of packages designed with tasks?

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Afaik, Go was a major inspiration. See [Go routines](https://golangdocs.com/goroutines-in-golang).