From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Julian Graham Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: NEWS entries -- user-visible? Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:43:24 -0400 Message-ID: <2bc5f8210906141243l630335e0o3fb771f22e94a962@mail.gmail.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1245008712 6323 80.91.229.12 (14 Jun 2009 19:45:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:45:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel To: Andy Wingo Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 14 21:45:10 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MFvdc-0002IO-G0 for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:45:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41978 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MFvdb-00009c-K5 for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:45:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MFvc6-00083u-5q for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:43:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MFvc1-0007zk-My for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:43:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54227 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MFvc1-0007zP-BT for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:43:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ew0-f224.google.com ([209.85.219.224]:45485) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MFvc0-000172-Mb for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:43:28 -0400 Original-Received: by ewy24 with SMTP id 24so471216ewy.42 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:43:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=UNVQIWEepj4KAUbUZM0Vl9ZZJHehWqniDJq6BRjOnAI=; b=avScKYXxmk3JIAipGpIykhAeMcz6V/k2WqlzUZQ/ezLWMLbM3rjYSn+j0uFyMpmw1Y tIilsr40tVVTZWYPawbEroI9hsDLBvoGLyzGDJQVXQie3AkqLmXBH1rj+GEwJheqTzkq TMy4mfJTXtigpr7vgs93OG7Aexcb42bhmkK8A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=kyvNwqvuG3PFMKezcPKkGzjWhzT/04Zm6B68HVYT2BdDE+mhKG3VOqIPa3TfPWIrGD +p0LifOHPLcRxTRB2oWpUnTWfCkzTXUH6tO5nqQS5Z7GIzGtPlIW+tkXWUrvtp/6kpZe M1L6D7oIuupa2mtMe68t/tPMh9MtB5oBWrKyo= Original-Received: by 10.216.53.12 with SMTP id f12mr2035180wec.72.1245008604651; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:43:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:8682 Archived-At: Hi Andy, As mentioned on IRC, I bet there are ways to pitch these changes to make them comprehensible to users. I think you're right to ditch the second one, but for the first and third: > =A0 =A0** Guile now uses Gnulib as a portability aid ** Guile now uses components from Gnulib for portability to a wider variety of POSIX and non-POSIX systems. > =A0 =A0** Primitive procedures with more than 3 arguments (aka. "gsubrs")= are > =A0 =A0no longer implemented using the "compiled closure" mechanism. =A0T= his > =A0 =A0simplifies code and reduces both the storage and run-time overhead= . ** Primitive procedures accepting more than 3 arguments now execute faster and consume less memory. Regards, Julian