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envelope-from=vijaymarupudi@gatech.edu; helo=NAM04-MW2-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "guile-user" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.lisp.guile.user:18012 Archived-At: Ognen Duzlevski writes: > Have you tried Racket? If you haven't - try that and you will find > recommending Guile to beginners to be much easier ;). On a serious note, > there are other schemes that have their own package managers (e.g. > Racket). I have, but I like Guile better, and want everyone to use it :) I think being an extension language is a very useful and important part of what makes Guile great. > IMHO, this learning curve is a part of learning any language. The reason > why every language comes with a language "specific" manager is because a > lot of people have tried to solve this problem and failed to find the > magic bullet. At some level you are relying on the language's > portability itself, then on the same level you are wanting to exploit > some of the language's specifics, then on the same level someone comes > along and says for some packages this approach doesn't work... ;) I don't think it's fair to say that using packages in Guile just as easy/hard as other languages. Python / Javascript make this incredibly easy, and their ecosystem is evidence for that success. Their package managers have flaws, but they have benefits too, and those benefits would be great for Guile. Note that I'm not saying that this package manager has to do everything expected of a battle-tested production package manager. Just make it easier for beginners to use and make packages (which will be Guix compatible by default). And we should not underestimate what beginners can do for a language. They might be new to Guile, but possess a lot of other traits that would be great, like domain expertise in science, writing skills, etc. which would be great for the ecosystem. Advanced users can use Guix or do the ./configure && make && make install dance. ~ Vijay