# `takeaway`: High-performance task queues
`takeaway` is a Rust library providing a high-performance, work-stealing task
queue data structure. It is perfect for task architectures where:
- There may be thousands of tasks ready to run at any time.
- Tasks are small, synchronous, and CPU-bound.
- It is important to execute higher-priority tasks first.
- All available CPUs should be used to maximum capacity.
- (Optional) Tasks can be executed more efficiently in batches.
`takeaway` was developed for [`krabby`], an experimental Rust compiler, due to
the limitations of [`crossbeam-deque`] (in particular, its overhead and the lack
of task prioritization functionality). It is offered as a separate crate in the
hope that others may find it useful for parallelized CPU-intensive applications.
[`krabby`]: https://sr.ht/~bal-e/krabby
[`crossbeam-deque`]: https://crates.io/crates/crossbeam-deque
## License
Copyright (C) 2025 arya dradjica <uhe8ob7m71igsl1d@bal-e.org>
`takeaway` is available under the MIT or Apache-2.0 licenses, at your option.
Their terms are available in `LICENSES/MIT.txt` and `LICENSES/Apache-2.0.txt`
respectively.