I thought Chicken's approach seemed novel, but I don't understand it well enough to explain it. From what I gather, they use the C stack as the "new" heap and collapse it when the garbage collector copies.
John On 30 Oct 2008, at 3:56 AM, Alexander Burger wrote: > >> class continuations like scheme does. Have you thought about using >> the picoLisp heap instead of the traditional C stack? > > Yes, I experimented with that, but did not find a better solution. The > hardware stack seems optimal for certain things. On the other hand, it > is always worth to explore other possibilities. > > Cheers, > - Alex > -- > UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]