From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Clinton Ebadi Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: memoization and conditional defines Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 15:54:19 -0500 Sender: guile-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <200211071554.19549.clinton@unknownlamer.org> References: <3DCABA28.3421DA63@pacbell.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1036703562 30524 80.91.224.249 (7 Nov 2002 21:12:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 21:12:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 189tx9-0007vu-00 for ; Thu, 07 Nov 2002 22:12:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 189tpE-0007w4-00; Thu, 07 Nov 2002 16:04:28 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 189tct-0003d0-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Nov 2002 15:51:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 189tco-0003ck-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Nov 2002 15:51:42 -0500 Original-Received: from out002pub.verizon.net ([206.46.170.141] helo=out002.verizon.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 189tcn-0003cZ-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Nov 2002 15:51:37 -0500 Original-Received: from vsynth ([151.196.176.27]) by out002.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.09 201-253-122-126-109-20020611) with ESMTP id <20021107205134.YSBJ2867.out002.verizon.net@vsynth>; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 14:51:34 -0600 Original-Received: from clinton by vsynth with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 189tfP-0005l1-00; Thu, 07 Nov 2002 15:54:19 -0500 Original-To: Bruce Korb , Dirk Herrmann User-Agent: KMail/1.4.2 In-Reply-To: <3DCABA28.3421DA63@pacbell.net> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH LOGIN at out002.verizon.net from [151.196.176.27] at Thu, 7 Nov 2002 14:51:34 -0600 Errors-To: guile-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:1660 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel:1660 > I don't care how memoization works. I understand there are > optimization issues. Optimizing isn't important to me, or > I would not use an interpretive language as my "extension > language". If you add a disabling mechanism, then you'll > have the best of all worlds. You can memoize/optimize to > your heart's content, and I'll disable it for my purposes. > If that is not practical and Guile becomes, essentially, > an semi-compiled language with constraints on where > defines may happen, then my goose will be cooked. Not to mention how Guile wouldn't be Scheme anymore. Why can't code be=20 memiozied and compiled incrementally? --=20 http://unknownlamer.org Truth lies in loneliness When hope is long gone by _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel