From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: tomas@fabula.de Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: What is Guile? Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 11:43:13 +0200 Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20030904094312.GA517@www> References: <3EF2F7DF008213D5@pop3.es.tisadm.net> <200309021647.JAA27864@morrowfield.regexps.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1062712550 10849 80.91.224.253 (4 Sep 2003 21:55:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 21:55:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 04 23:55:48 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19v24x-0005UV-00 for ; Thu, 04 Sep 2003 23:55:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19v23v-0005x5-3A for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Sep 2003 17:54:43 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19uqg2-0006lq-GV for guile-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Sep 2003 05:45:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19uqeM-0005nI-SE for guile-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Sep 2003 05:43:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [217.22.192.104] (helo=www.elogos.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19uqe3-0005cW-Ar for guile-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Sep 2003 05:43:15 -0400 Original-Received: by www.elogos.de (Postfix, from userid 5002) id 3C74414078; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 11:43:13 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Tom Lord Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200309021647.JAA27864@morrowfield.regexps.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:2751 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel:2751 On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 09:47:53AM -0700, Tom Lord wrote: > > > > > From: Ricard Mira > > > What is Guile? > > > Guile is the GNU *multi-lingual extensibility interpreter*. The > > goal of the Guile project is to give users a choice of extension > > language. > > > As a point of history, being multi-lingual was _a_ goal, but certainly > not _the_ goal. [rest deleted] Very well put. I think parts of this text deserve to be put on an historical comment to the docs. They express quite well the difficulties Guile is having now. Thanks, Tom -- tomas _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel