[Python-Dev] Re: Python 2.0 and Stackless
Eric S. Raymond
esr@thyrsus.com
Sat, 5 Aug 2000 19:46:00 -0400
Just van Rossum <just@letterror.com>:
> Christian has done an amazing piece of work, and he's gotten much
> praise from the community. I mean, if you *are* looking for a killer
> feature to distinguish 1.6 from 2.0, I'd know where to look...
I must say I agree. Something pretty similar to Stackless Python is
going to have to happen anyway for the language to make its next major
advance in capability -- generators, co-routining, and continuations.
I also agree that this is a more important debate, and a harder set of
decisions, than the PEPs. Which means we should start paying attention
to it *now*.
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