Re: Guile Lua

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Hi!

nalaginrut <nalaginrut@gmail.com> skribis:

> I switch to lua branch then compiled it and try, seems some bugs there,
> it can't run successfully:
> -------------------cut--------------------
> scheme@(guile-user)> ,L lua
> Happy hacking with Lua!  To switch back, type `,L scheme'.
> lua@(guile-user)> x=1

Maybe you need a semicolon here?

> And I checked the code, it doen't use Guile inner LALR parser.
> Anybody point me out what is the suggested parser implementation?

(system base lalr).

> And is there anyone ever evaluated the efficiency about the non-scheme
> language implemented within Guile? 

I don’t think so.  Only the Scheme and Emacs Lisp front-end are
reasonably mature, anyway.

> Anyway, this wouldn't be a big problem, since Guile could be the
> future dynamic language compiler collection, it could be optimized
> later.

FWIW, I don’t quite buy the “dynamic language compiler collection”.
Others tried this before (Parrot), with some success in terms of
supported languages, but not much beyond that.

In terms of strategy, I think Guile’s focus should remain primarily on
Scheme variants, and ELisp.  Other language front-ends are of course
welcome, but we must keep an eye on what the demand is.

Thanks,
Ludo’.