Ruby's yield feature in relation to computer science

Question

I recently discovered Ruby\'s blocks and yielding features, and I was wondering: where does this fit in terms of computer science theory? Is it a functional programming tech

Answer 1

I think 'coroutine' is the keyword you're looking for.

E.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yield

Yield in computing and information science:

• in computer science, a point of return (and re-entry) of a coroutine