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On 13/06/2007 20:29 Tim Kientzle wrote:
> Any plans for a port of Stackless Python?
> 
> I've started using this at work and am rapidly
> becoming a convert.  It seems to simply replace
> regular Python, so oughtn't be too tricky.
> 

Well yes and no, the package could be as a drop-in replacement for 
CPython, but there are things which don't work on stackless such as 
the widely used Twisted libraries.

It should be a port, but it shouldn't override c python.

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