Stackless/microthreads merge news

[Christian Tismer]

Jeff Senn wrote:
[about the future of computers, tiny sstems are coming]

> Sounds a tiny bit like Java (Sun dreams on...) and a *lot* like
> stackless python to me...
> 
> My one wish: that the VM implementation was about 30% trimmer and the
> source code was easier to configure with mix-and-match features to fit
> in a tight place....

I see the point. While I didn't drop the Java idea completely,
opening the micro market to Python might really be *the*
right thing to do.
I'll take some rest and think it through before digging into
anything.

BTW the Kaffe code was interesting, especially  how the JIT works.
I'll look into this again, but not for Java. ::))

ciao - chris

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