From: Phil Tomson Date: 2006-05-28T05:25:46+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby Threads... On 5/27/06, gwtmp01@mac.com wrote: > > Sometimes I think language design in the real world has been held > back by the > limitations of the two generally available OS frameworks (Unix and > Windows). And perhaps also the fact that we've been stuck with the Von Neumann architecture for so long... or may be we've been stuck with the Von Neumann architecture for so long because our languages haven't evolved in order to effectively model a different architecture? Phil