From: rm@fabula.de
Cc: hanwen@cs.uu.nl
Subject: Re: AARRRRGGH! Die Libtool, die!
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 19:50:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030218185030.GB30623@www> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878ywd5x4l.fsf@raven.i.defaultvalue.org>
On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 11:14:50AM -0600, Rob Browning wrote:
> Tom Lord <lord@emf.net> writes:
>
> > Both perl and python are not stable. `sh' hasn't changed much in a
> > decade and probably won't for another decade if ever. `sh' is more
> > than adequate for the job. If you must reach for something more,
> > especially on this list, for gosh sakes, pick something rooted in
> > stable standards: reach for SCSH, you traitors.
>
> If SCSH (or even Guile) really is comparable in portability to Perl,
> and if we were not concerned with having a large pool of potential
> contributors (and we might not be), and if we don't think that the
> size of the existing base of systems with the language in question
> already installed is relevant, then of course I'd rather use Scheme.
> My initial feeling was that at least one of the items above was
> probably false, but if not, then that's great.
How about 'gu', a really portable guile kernel that can be used to
bootstrap? It seems that a lot of the portability problems of 'sh' are
syntax / feature set problems. Wouldn't it be worth the effort to
work on a (non-interactive) guile-core shell?
Ralf Mattes
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-15 14:36 AARRRRGGH! Die Libtool, die! Han-Wen Nienhuys
2003-02-15 20:46 ` Rob Browning
2003-02-15 23:54 ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2003-02-16 0:56 ` Tom Lord
2003-02-18 11:24 ` tomas
2003-02-18 17:14 ` Rob Browning
2003-02-18 18:50 ` rm [this message]
2003-02-19 13:04 ` tomas
2003-02-21 17:28 ` Rob Browning
2003-02-16 1:09 ` Rob Browning
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2003-02-15 14:26 Han-Wen Nienhuys
2003-02-18 11:04 ` tomas
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