He started with the conventional Python language processor managed by the language's inventor, Guido van Rossum, and patched his own Stackless invention in place of a small but central part of Python's internals. Stackless Python is the result. This article introduces Tismer's technology and its significance. In future articles, you'll be able to read about how to make your own start at programming Stackless Python, as well as the prospects for a merger between Stackless and the main Python distribution. Why Stackless Like most interesting technologies, the travelers on the Stackless voyage bring several separate but closely linked stories.
Crew members have strikingly different motivations and knowledge.
So far, though, they have pulled together for a relatively smooth ride. The sidebar at the right hints at how different ideas have been unfolding all through the decade, finally to find a common vehicle in Stackless Python. Tismer is the adventurer in this tale. He ran across the idea initially in the python-dev mailing list for technical discussions of Python implementation. There, in early 1999, Sam Rushing and others made the point that the current Python design did not support coroutines well.