Talk:Generator (computer programming)

Origin of the concept

The article claims that generator were invented in Sather, but they date back significantly further. Jeremy Hylton gives a short historical overview. I could track them down as far as:

Python (cites[1] Icon, Sather and CLU)
- Sather (cites[2] CLU)
  - CLU (limited to only one active generator, due to stack sharing) (cites[3] Alphard)
    - Alphard (cites[4] IPL-v)
      - IPL-v (this memoir mentions them in passing)

I couldn't find enough information about Alphard and IPL-v to know how they compare to later conceptions of generators. --Piet Delport 13:55, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Other languages implementing generators

(excluding languages which can implement generator functionality (via more general support for continuations or coroutines), but don't really support them as a native idiom)

Aldor [5]