Re: [boost] Re: Boost.Threads - name of the "thread" type

From: John Max Skaller (skaller_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-06-25 18:20:45

Greg Colvin wrote:

> > > We can do much more than this, and it is the ultimate goal.
> >
> > I agree, but it will never happen in C++. (IMHO)
> 
> Do you mean in the C++ standard?

        Not particularly, although that too.
 
> Given the primitives, are there any insurmountable obstacles
> to implementing join calculus in C++?

        Sure. Just consider something more basic first,
such as the lambda calculus. C++ just doesn't have the
right constructions. 

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