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Groff vs Stackless Python

A side-by-side look at Groff and Stackless Python. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Groff

Groff

Office & Productivity

Groff is an open source text processor and document formatting system similar to troff. It is used to format Unix manual pages and possesses powerful text formatting capabilities for producing publication quality output.

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Stackless Python

Stackless Python

Development

Stackless Python is a Python programming language implementation featuring microthreads and no Global Interpreter Lock (GIL). It allows massive concurrency and offers better scalability for Python programs.

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