[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've been doing some thinking, and I've halfway convinced myself of > the following statement: that threads as implemented by Python (or > Java) are exactly equivalent to one-shot continuations in Scheme. Am > I right? (I'd have asked in the scheme groups, but I feel like I'm > less likely to get flamed to death here... hehe.) > > 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? > > Thanks! > > Paul
An interesting question to which I shall stay tuned for an answer. However, allow me to point out that there is a macro language for Python. It's called 'm4' ... <ducks and runs> -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
