Co-routines?

[Shane Hathaway]

Levi Pearson wrote:
> Ultimately, though, I think we would be better served by replacing C and 
> its descendants (C++, Java, etc.) with something more flexible.  Of 
> course, I recognize this isn't a very popular view, but a man can dream, 
> can't he?

Well, that's a very popular view in some communities, and it's popular 
with some of us in this group.

Unfortunately, it seems that the different communities within hackerdom 
are generally unaware of each other.  When I was in the BBS community, I 
thought the BBS community was so big that there could not be any other 
community quite so big.  I though there just weren't enough computer 
geeks to support another community of that size.  Then I discovered the 
Java community and found out a community could be even bigger.  Then I 
discovered the Linux community and expanded my view of what big was. 
Then I discovered the Python community, and that finally convinced me 
that I am completely unable to comprehend the size of a big community. 
It's like trying to count stars.

So I've decided that choosing the technology with the biggest community 
is a thoroughly misguided approach.  Choose communities and technologies 
by quality, not quantity.

Of course, I'm preaching to the choir here. :-)

Shane