Threads vs. continuations

[Aahz]

In article <061541c8-1f37-42bc-8041-170fee9707b4 at h25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
 <miller.paul.w at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>If that's the case, it seems threads plus hygeinic macros and a few
>primitives a la Scheme would form a solid basis upon which to build a
>programming language.  The only thing preventing Python from being
>that language is the difficulty of integrating a macro system, n'est-
>ce pas?

"Difficulty" as measured in Guido being less likely than the survival of
a snowball in the Sahara to ever consider anything like hygenic macros.
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