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>>>>> "Felix" == Felix Winkelmann <felix@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Felix> Am Tue, 06 Jan 2004 08:39:47 +0100 hat Michael Sperber Felix> <sperber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> geschrieben: >> Let me rephrase: In what kind of environment would "hairy" >> *necessarily* imply "GC-causing"? >> (There used to be a version of Scheme 48 where the equivalent of >> SCHEME_EXTRACT_LONG could cause a GC because it could do a callback. >> This was an implementation convenience, not a necessity, and it's gone >> now.) Felix> Well, good for you! But what should other implementations do? I asked a question here. (As Richard and I did many times.) You answer with a counter-argument to something I didn't even say. It would greatly help if someone answered the question instead. -- Cheers =8-} Mike Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla