>>>>> "DS" == Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
DS> At 10:42 PM 8/1/00 -0400, Chaim Frenkel wrote:
>> We may need that all variables are by default lexical.
>>
>> Without the explicit declaration of cross-thread visible variables, doing
>> threading may well be difficult (on one's fingers)
DS> The two things are orthogonal. Threading doesn't place any sort of
DS> requirements on lexical or package variable visibility. We could do a deep
DS> clone ala 5.6.0's ITHREADS, or a partial clone, or start new threads with
DS> empty package stashes. Or any (or all) combinations of the above.
Please explain what the utility of having unshared variables? I might
as well just fork().
<chaim>
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