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virtosity (was Re: Threads, reentrancy, and suchlike things)

From:
Joshua N Pritikin
Date:
July 24, 2000 08:51
Subject:
virtosity (was Re: Threads, reentrancy, and suchlike things)
Message ID:
20000724115110.A3627@ghostwheel.wks.na.deuba.com
On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 04:39:12PM +0100, mstevens@globnix.org wrote:
> My thought - we should have a glib independant layer, so we can
> use glib/nspr/whatever whizz-bang library is available.
> 
> But I fear this may be virtualising things too far.

No, not at all.  Why shouldn't perl be able to adapt to any situation?
Not only can perl6 be a tool for all jobs, but it's implementation can
conform to a wide range of target sizes.  The implementation can become
more modular with corresponding better support for module configuration.

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