Steve Holden wrote: > Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: >> Jean-Paul Calderone a écrit : >>> On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:00:27 -0000, "Justin T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I've been looking at stackless python a little bit, and it's awesome. >>>> My question is, why hasn't it been integrated into the upstream python >>>> tree? Does it cause problems with the current C-extensions? It seems >>>> like if something is fully compatible and better, then it would be >>>> adopted. However, it hasn't been in what appears to be 7 years of >>>> existence, so I assume there's a reason. >>> It's not Pythonic. >> Hum... Yes ? Really ? Care to argument ? > > Unfortunately such arguments quickly descend to the "yes it is", "no it > isn't" level, as there is no objective measure of Pythonicity. > > Twisted [...] > Oops, did I say Twisted? When I last heard Chris Tismer talking about Stackless someone in the audience asked him about the prospects of incorporating Stackless into the core and he suggested he didn't necessarily think of that as a desirable change.
I would like to see it in the core, but integration would not be an easy task, and maintenance might be problematic. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden --------------- Asciimercial ------------------ Get on the web: Blog, lens and tag the Internet Many services currently offer free registration ----------- Thank You for Reading ------------- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list