From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "D. Goel" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Why do we spend time on Emacs on Guile? Date: 16 Aug 2002 12:52:19 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <5xk7mrywnt.fsf_-_@kfs2.cua.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1029516741 27910 127.0.0.1 (16 Aug 2002 16:52:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 16:52:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17fkKh-0007Fx-00 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 18:52:19 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17fkkl-0000cm-00 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 19:19:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17fkLh-000192-00; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:53:21 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17fkKn-000116-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:52:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17fkKl-00010u-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:52:24 -0400 Original-Received: from po4.glue.umd.edu ([128.8.10.124]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17fkKl-00010p-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:52:23 -0400 Original-Received: from y.glue.umd.edu (IDENT:root@y.glue.umd.edu [128.8.10.68]) by po4.glue.umd.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7GGqMB12731 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:52:22 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from y.glue.umd.edu (IDENT:sendmail@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by y.glue.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA25684 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:52:21 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: (from deego@localhost) by y.glue.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA25680; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:52:20 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: y.glue.umd.edu: deego set sender to deego@glue.umd.edu using -f In-Reply-To: <5xk7mrywnt.fsf_-_@kfs2.cua.dk> Original-Lines: 22 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:6582 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:6582 storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > How many of the members on emacs-devel plan to switch to Guile once it > is available? i am not sure i qualify as a developer :), but i certainly want to try guile out, and even explore switching to guile instead of elisp. > > Why would you do that? For one, i kinda understand guile will be a much more universal language than Elisp.. and will be interoperable with several applications and languages in the long run.. It will be the standard 'GNU extension language'.. > Have you ever programmed in Guile/Scheme ? How much? yes. not much. scheme is nice :)