future of Python: Stackless, Standard -> fragmentation ?

[Suchandra Thapa]

Neil Schemenauer <nas at arctrix.com> wrote:
>
>I understand it the .NET VM is more general and powerful then the
>Java VM.  It was designed as a platform for multiple languages
>while the Java VM was not.  Also, the .NET VM does not make the
>security guarantees that the Java VM does.
>

    But the .NET also has some of the limitations of JVMs.  The biggest
one is that .NET doesn't have support for multiple inheritance.  I think
the Eiffel implementation on .NET has to go through some contortions in 
order to get Eiffel's use of MI to work properly.

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Suchandra S. Thapa 
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