Stackless Python and Python 2.x

Tim Peters tim at zope.com
Thu Aug 30 15:03:50 EDT 2001


[Michael Abbott, quoting himself]
> What's the current status of Stackless Python in relation to the
> developing Python 2.x implementation?

[and then replying]
> An eloquent silence.

See

    http://www.stackless.com/

for the only news there is.

> Alas.  I thought that building in continuations was a cute idea.  
> However, I've seen Guido van Rossum quoted as being against this
> because it's incompatible with the Java Virtual Machine (as I
> understood it).

It's complicated, and "cute" isn't enough.

except-for-me<wink>-ly y'rs  - tim





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