Stackless Python

Stackless Python
Original author(s)Christian Tismer
Developer(s)Anselm Kruis
Initial release1998 (1998)
Stable release
3.8.1-slp[1] Edit this on Wikidata / January 22, 2020 (2020-01-22)
Preview release
12 August 2021 (12 August 2021)
Repository
Written inC, Python
Operating systemLinux, macOS, Windows
TypeInterpreter
LicensePython Software Foundation License
Websitewww.stackless.com

Stackless Python, or Stackless, is a Python programming language interpreter, so named because it avoids depending on the C call stack for its own stack. In practice, Stackless Python uses the C stack, but the stack is cleared between function calls.[2] The most prominent feature of Stackless is microthreads, which avoid much of the overhead associated with usual operating system threads. In addition to Python features, Stackless also adds support for coroutines, communication channels, and task serialization.

  1. ^ "Release v3.8.1-slp". 12 August 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: The story of stackless Python. YouTube.