From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Jose A. Ortega Ruiz" Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: Why is guile still so slow? Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:56:25 +0200 Message-ID: <87pqi2ca3q.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20111012153958.GA20242@ccellier.rd.securactive.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1318446510 25585 80.91.229.12 (12 Oct 2011 19:08:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:08:30 +0000 (UTC) To: guile-user@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 12 21:08:24 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-user@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RE4AB-0001c7-DQ for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:08:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56531 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RE4AA-0004lJ-R0 for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:08:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:58201) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RE4A7-0004lE-Jg for guile-user@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:08:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RE4A5-0005y5-Dg for guile-user@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:08:19 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:60916) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RE4A5-0005xl-41 for guile-user@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:08:17 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RE4A3-0001Yx-8z for guile-user@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:08:15 +0200 Original-Received: from 247.red-79-145-119.dynamicip.rima-tde.net ([79.145.119.247]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:08:15 +0200 Original-Received: from jao by 247.red-79-145-119.dynamicip.rima-tde.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:08:15 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 247.red-79-145-119.dynamicip.rima-tde.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.90 (gnu/linux) X-Attribution: jao X-URL: Cancel-Lock: sha1:6o8ECH92yUUGzU4I0IGrje+x7OI= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 80.91.229.12 X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:8861 Archived-At: On Wed, Oct 12 2011, rixed@happyleptic.org wrote: [...] > Joking aside, maybe guile is too slow for writing whole apps in it, > but it's primary goal is to be an extension language, a companion for > another C/C++ program, or at best an orchestrator of business oriented > code. I really hope that that's not Guile's primary goal these days (and my understanding is that it is not): i wouldn't be much interested if those were its goals ("orchestrator of business oriented code" sounds particularly dreadful :-)). Goals aside, Guile 2.x looks to me as a perfectly fine platform to implement a wide range of applications, and, IMHO, it should be promoted and developed as such. But IANAGD :-D Cheers, jao -- Substitute damn every time you're inclined to write very; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)