Stackless/microthreads merge news

[Christian Tismer]

Will Ware wrote:
> 
> Courageous (jkraska1 at san.rr.com) wrote:
> > It's always possible if someone
> > convinces Sun of the wonders of Microthreads and shows
> > them how to make their JVM stackless. They'd benefit
> > immensely, IMO.
> 
> There is a free software implementation of the JVM with available
> source code, called Kaffe, at
> http://www.transvirtual.com/products/downloads.html
> If a stackless version of Kaffe could be developed, it might be
> possible to convince Kaffe's maintainer (Tom Wilkinson, owner of
> the transvirtual.com site) to fold the changes into its official
> distribution. It would give him an advantage over Sun, so before
> too long, they might follow suit.

If it should be necessary to make Java stackless
in order to convince Guido, I'd even go that way. (ROTFL:-))

ciao - chris

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