From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jeff Read Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: What is Guile? Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 08:38:02 -0400 Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20030907123802.GA4490@strike.parodycheck.net> References: <3EF2F7DF008213D5@pop3.es.tisadm.net> <87smnen96e.fsf@zip.com.au> <3EF2F7DF008E4D8D@pop3.es.tisadm.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1062938531 1320 80.91.224.253 (7 Sep 2003 12:42:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 12:42:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 07 14:42:09 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 19vyrp-0007CS-00 for ; Sun, 07 Sep 2003 14:42:09 +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 19vyrY-0001gt-06 for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2003 08:41:52 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19vyoV-0000gg-JK for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2003 08:38:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19vyoR-0000fK-LJ for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2003 08:38:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.8] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.22) id 19vyoQ-0000ek-5z for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2003 08:38:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [204.60.203.69] (helo=mta3.snet.net) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19vyne-0003hO-Mx for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2003 08:37:50 -0400 Original-Received: from strike.parodycheck.net (34.3.252.64.snet.net [64.252.3.34]) by mta3.snet.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/SNET-smtp-1.2/D-1.1.1.1/O-1.1.1.1) with ESMTP id h87Cbiri021308; Sun, 7 Sep 2003 08:37:44 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from bitwize by strike.parodycheck.net with local (Exim 4.21) id 19vynq-0001AY-5g; Sun, 07 Sep 2003 08:38:02 -0400 Original-To: Ricard Mira Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EF2F7DF008E4D8D@pop3.es.tisadm.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i 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:2754 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel:2754 On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 10:37:33AM +0200, Ricard Mira wrote: > > Maybe I emphasized the multi-lingual aspect too much, but I think we > should emphasize it a bit, since it seems the fundamental feature in > the design of Guile. (But we should do that in a grammatically > correct way -- thanks for the correction, Thamer!). > It seems as if nowadays when people want multilingual, they go with .NET/Mono and MSIL, or alternatively, JVM, and be done with it. These two environments also have the advantage of being completely integrated with host applications in their native IL -- no bindings or wrappers required. I use Guile extensively and never deal with any language except Scheme. Maybe I'm missing something in its engineering, but I think Guile's greatest strength is as an excellent workhorse Scheme, suited to tasks where others might use Perl or Python. Guile and GIMP together are the greatest argument against Scheme's propellerheadedness, the prevailing notion that it is suited only for academic use. Am I really off the mark here? -- Jeffrey T. Read "I fight not for me but the blind babe Justice!" --Galford _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel