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Re: [Chicken-users] On parameterize and fluid-let
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Mark Fredrickson |
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Re: [Chicken-users] On parameterize and fluid-let |
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Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:47:27 -0500 |
On 10/15/07, Tobia Conforto <address@hidden> wrote:
> Mark Fredrickson wrote:
> > ... we can see the macro expansion of parameterize using dynamic-wind.
> > Dynamic-wind will call the function g6 before and after control enters
> > or leaves the thunk, by call/cc, the basis of threads in chicken
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> No, I believe threads are orthogonal to continuations.
I was basing this analysis on a single line of text from the
call/cc.org page. (It comprises my entire understanding of threads in
chicken):
"Lightweight threads based on first-class continuations"
If this does not mean that threads are a implemented as continuations,
what does it mean?
-M
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