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>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Sperber <sperber@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> writes:

>>>>> "argv" == Rajesh Godbole <argv@Sun.COM> writes:
    argv> Is threading on the roadmap/TODO list?  Is someone actively
    argv> working on this?  IMHO it would be a very desirable feature.

    Michael> This is not a feature at all: it would constitute an
    Michael> overhaul affecting just about every part oft the current
    Michael> system.  As far as I know, no.

 I guess if someone wanted to research it and learn how it might be
 done, Guile Scheme might be a good place to look.  Certainly there
 are other schemes and lisps with threading...

 guile, rscheme, ecolisp, scheme48

 I'm a few years away from that study, I've found.  I tried... and am
 actually on the track, but it's a tall pile of books.