From: Conrad Schneiker/Austin/Contr/IBM <schneik@...>
Date: 2000-10-28T00:35:31+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:5921] Re: [RFC] Towards a new synchronisation primitive

Matz wrote:

# In message "[ruby-talk:5888] Re: [RFC] Towards a new synchronisation 
primitive"
#     on 00/10/27, Yasushi Shoji <yashi@yashi.com> writes:
# 
# |I think we should first discuss what model Ruby should use.  The
# |current model is as I quote Matz on -list "a model from ML interpreter
# |called CSL."  which I don't know anything about ;P. [ruby-list:1767] 
# 
# I think I meant Caml (or OCaml).

Are there any good solutions in existing languages that can be copied 
(with suitable Ruby adjustments)? 

Does anyone know if the approaches that Python, Perl, Tcl, Lisp/CLOS, 
etc., take (whatever they are) are any good for our purposes?

Conrad Schneiker
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