From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Andrew C. Suttles" Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: Is Guile Useful to a Scheme Noob Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:34:31 -0500 Message-ID: <19243.37623.194000.669822@gargle.gargle.HOWL> References: <19242.32511.349000.439544@gargle.gargle.HOWL><20091218115237.67 bf2e8d@altosw.be> Reply-To: andrew.suttles@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1261146929 21389 80.91.229.12 (18 Dec 2009 14:35:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:35:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-user@gnu.org To: David Pirotte Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 18 15:35:21 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-user@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NLdv5-0003S2-JZ for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:35:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41056 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NLdv5-0002nR-IA for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:35:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NLduj-0002fY-0N for guile-user@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:34:41 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NLdue-0002db-HM for guile-user@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:34:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55595 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NLdue-0002dT-6t for guile-user@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:34:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.grc.nasa.gov ([128.156.11.68]:60749) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NLdud-0008MY-Tl for guile-user@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:34:36 -0500 Original-Received: from lombok-fi.grc.nasa.gov (lombok-fi.grc.nasa.gov [139.88.112.33]) by mx1.grc.nasa.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id 608DDC2C1 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:34:35 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from apataki.grc.nasa.gov (apataki.grc.nasa.gov [139.88.112.35]) by lombok-fi.grc.nasa.gov (NASA GRC TCPD 8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nBIEYXLq018372; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:34:33 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by apataki.grc.nasa.gov (NASA GRC TCPD 8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id nBIEYXqf009069; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:34:33 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from apataki.grc.nasa.gov ([127.0.0.1])by localhost (apataki.grc.nasa.gov [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024)with ESMTP id uaGr4ldJBU6K; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:34:32 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from GR200802502.grc.nasa.gov (gr200802502.grc.nasa.gov [139.88.218.66])by apataki.grc.nasa.gov (NASA GRC TCPD 8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id nBIEYVg3009052;Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:34:31 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20091218115237.67bf2e8d@altosw.be> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.2.1 X-imss-version: 2.046 X-imss-result: Passed X-imss-scores: Clean:63.95057 C:2 M:3 S:5 R:5 X-imss-settings: Baseline:1 C:1 M:2 S:2 R:2 (0.0000 0.0000) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9 X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:7552 Archived-At: David Pirotte wrote (on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 at 11:52 -0200): > I have written 7 applications and 3 intranet web page 'generators' industrially > used every day [some of them since many years]. Entirely written in scheme [guile - > no C code], I intensively used ans still uses goops. They all connect to a postgres > [large] db and uses guile-gnome for the GUI. > > Cheers, > David Thanks, David, for the real-world example. I will definitely start plaing with Guile. Andrew