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callcc/cps-style programming
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| Date: | -- (:) |
| From: | John Max Skaller <skaller@o...> |
| Subject: | Re: callcc/cps-style programming |
Chet Murthy wrote: > As for lightweight threading, well, it's nice that you can implement > them with continuations, but the real purpose of threading is to > interface with some external source of events. I disagree. The primary purpose of the notion of logical thread of control is to isolate executing processes. -- John (Max) Skaller, mailto:skaller@maxtal.com.au 10/1 Toxteth Rd Glebe NSW 2037 Australia voice: 61-2-9660-0850 checkout Vyper http://Vyper.sourceforge.net download Interscript http://Interscript.sourceforge.net