From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: advice needed for multi-threading patch Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:07:09 +0900 Message-ID: References: <5C8D2D84-C4B5-47A2-8392-370D7C3651CF@raeburn.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1251349862 2160 80.91.229.12 (27 Aug 2009 05:11:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:11:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Tom Tromey , Emacs development discussions To: Ken Raeburn Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 27 07:10:55 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MgXG9-0006cH-7Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:10:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49168 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MgXG7-0001Wk-Rx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:10:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MgXG1-0001V3-HF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:10:45 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MgXFw-0001Kh-Fb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:10:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49553 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MgXFw-0001KR-9h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:10:40 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.193]:37710) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MgXCb-0004hE-GI; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:07:14 -0400 Original-Received: from relay31.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.54]) by tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id n7R57ALr023073; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:07:10 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay31.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.20] [10.29.19.20]) by relay31.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:07:10 +0900 Original-Received: from dhlpc061 ([10.114.112.173] [10.114.112.173]) by relay31.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:07:09 +0900 Original-Received: by dhlpc061 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id B4B4D52E1EE; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:07:09 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <5C8D2D84-C4B5-47A2-8392-370D7C3651CF@raeburn.org> (Ken Raeburn's message of "Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:50:38 -0400") Original-Lines: 12 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:114665 Archived-At: Ken Raeburn writes: > in part, to replace the most fundamental layer -- representation, > allocation and GC -- with Guile. Do we actually want to do this? How is guile regarded these days (back in the day, it was a horrid bloated mess)? -Miles -- The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds. -- Will Durant