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ok, we have seen discussions of glib as a possible way to get threads and other neat things. but i think there is a major misconception here. a perl thread has to be preemptable at the perl op level. signals have to be safe and delivered at that same level. that at not the same as c or kernel level threads which is what i assume glib has. so deciding to use or support glib makes little sense for that reason as well as it is premature as we haven't mapped out the language features yet. i think most of the threads here are way too early and we have to get the organization structure down first. where is larry's take (he may be on vacation or something) as well as gnat and others at that level? we need to herd these cats into some groupings so we can specify perl6 and then decide how best to implement it. never implement before you spec is a good rule which is broken too often. uri -- Uri Guttman --------- uri@sysarch.com ---------- http://www.sysarch.com SYStems ARCHitecture, Software Engineering, Perl, Internet, UNIX Consulting The Perl Books Page ----------- http://www.sysarch.com/cgi-bin/perl_books The Best Search Engine on the Net ---------- http://www.northernlight.comThread Next