Stackless Platform Independence?

Tim Peters tim.one at comcast.net
Fri Feb 22 18:26:46 EST 2002


[Christian Tismer]
> As you might have noticed, Stackless has changed quite
> much:
>  - Platform independence is gone.

[Christopher Browne]
> I hope not...  I would hope to hear that "platform indepedence has
> _ARRIVED_"

No, he meant what he said.  All the good changes are bought at the cost of
needing some platform-specific assembler, to transform the platform C stack
from an Insurmountable Obstacle into just another piece of manipulable
state.

the-net-win-is-overwhelming-ly y'rs  - tim





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