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  9. From: Ehud Lamm <mslamm@mscc.huji.ac.il>
  10. To: cwills@bix.com
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  12. Subject: RE: Context Switching
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  20. If I understand correctly we can say that co-routines are less powerfull
  21. than full multi-tasking but more powerful than simple static variables ala
  22. C. 
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  24. It is easy to show which construct can be implimented using which other
  25. construct.
  26.  
  27. Ehud Lamm     mslamm@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il
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