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Sawfish vs Stackless Python

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

Sawfish

Sawfish

Os & Utilities

Sawfish is a lightweight and extensible window manager for the X Window System. It implements some innovative features like per-window decorations, configurable policies for window layout and placement, full support for Xinerama multi-head displays, and more.

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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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