From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: guile can't find a chinese named file Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 22:22:31 +0200 Message-ID: <83efyzyzjs.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87y3xspcux.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <578885360.4452806.1487105647708@mail.yahoo.com> <87r330cwhj.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> <191859705.4469709.1487109121157@mail.yahoo.com> <20170214221914.1483ddb1@bother.homenet> <20170215091832.GA28017@tuxteam.de> <87a89n6apt.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <20170215101032.GA32485@tuxteam.de> <83h93vz8qd.fsf@gnu.org> <20170215200753.GA3723@tuxteam.de> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1487190168 21426 195.159.176.226 (15 Feb 2017 20:22:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 20:22:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-user@gnu.org, dak@gnu.org To: tomas@tuxteam.de Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 15 21:22:44 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-user@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ce666-0005A6-MV for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 21:22:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42879 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ce66C-00061s-FR for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:22:48 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49690) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ce65g-00061j-BW for guile-user@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:22:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ce65d-0006Zx-8D for guile-user@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:22:16 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:41165) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ce65d-0006Zt-4S; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:22:13 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1291 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ce65b-0002DW-Nq; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:22:12 -0500 In-reply-to: <20170215200753.GA3723@tuxteam.de> (tomas@tuxteam.de) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "guile-user" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:13237 Archived-At: > Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 21:07:53 +0100 > From: tomas@tuxteam.de > Cc: tomas@tuxteam.de, dak@gnu.org, guile-user@gnu.org > > > It took many years because those smart, experienced, and patient > > people made bad decisions, twice, and had to correct them later, which > > required rewriting several important internal mechanisms. Which tells > > you that smarts, experience, and patience are not enough to get this > > right the first time. > > That's in my view part of being smart (and yes, you are one of those > smart people I had in mind: thanks *a lot* for that!). Actually, at the time I was a relatively passive observer. I did very little for the related code itself (with the exception of the Windows handling of file names, which was done years later). So it isn't my credit to take. But thanks anyway. > And thanks for your insights. You are welcome.