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From: Robert Uhl <ruhl@4dv.net>
Subject: Re: First look at Guile Std Library available
Date: 05 Jan 2004 09:03:52 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3isjq1ixj.fsf@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3FF8EF71.6090802@vzavenue.net>

Richard Todd <richardt@vzavenue.net> writes:
> 
> Then, (I was hoping only once every few years), you have to say
> "Enough!" and break with the past.

I'm not certain about that--after all, libc has stayed pretty much the
same for decades.  Heck, we still have gets(), for the truly perverse.

Standard libraries should, as a rule, not change their interfaces.
Given the right thought into their APIs at the outset, it's not needed.
Even where it would be nice, it must be weighed against the need to
maintain compatibility.

I can still pick up little C progs from the clory days and have a _very_
good chance of compiling them; that would not be possible of libc kept
changing.

-- 
Robert Uhl <ruhl@4dv.net>
What parts of `shall make no law,' `shall not be infringed,' and `shall
not be violated' don't you understand?


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  reply	other threads:[~2004-01-05 16:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-01-02  5:21 First look at Guile Std Library available Richard Todd
2004-01-02  9:29 ` Dale Mellor
2004-01-03  1:03   ` Richard Todd
2004-01-03  2:25     ` Andreas Rottmann
2004-01-03 15:00       ` Dale Mellor
2004-01-03 14:36     ` Dale Mellor
2004-01-03 22:42       ` Richard Todd
2004-01-03 16:38 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2004-01-03 16:48   ` Nic Ferrier
2004-01-03 22:18     ` Richard Todd
2004-01-04  1:49       ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2004-01-04  3:50         ` Richard Todd
2004-01-04 12:59           ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
     [not found]             ` <16376.5782.10995.206284@l.a>
2004-01-04 14:17               ` Dale Mellor
2004-01-04 21:51             ` Richard Todd
2004-01-05  0:30               ` Andreas Rottmann
2004-01-05  5:00                 ` Richard Todd
2004-01-05 16:03                   ` Robert Uhl [this message]
2004-01-05 20:01                     ` Richard Todd
2004-01-06  1:36                       ` Robert Uhl
2004-01-06 18:41                         ` number->string radix patch (Was Re: First look at Guile Std Library available) Richard Todd
2004-01-07  4:04                           ` Robert Uhl
2004-01-07  5:26                             ` Richard Todd
2004-01-07 20:54                               ` Robert Uhl
2004-01-08  7:11                                 ` I get unknown immediate error in guile 1.7 Roland Orre
2004-01-08 17:14                                   ` Roland Orre
2004-01-10 20:17                                     ` Kevin Ryde
2004-05-10 20:34                           ` number->string radix patch Marius Vollmer
2004-05-11  3:16                             ` Richard Todd
2004-05-11  3:51                             ` Keith Wright
2004-05-27 21:56                               ` Kevin Ryde
2004-06-10 16:35                                 ` Marius Vollmer
2004-06-10 16:34                               ` Marius Vollmer
2004-05-11  5:23                             ` Richard Todd
2004-05-27 21:54                               ` Kevin Ryde
2004-06-10 16:47                               ` Marius Vollmer
2004-06-11  1:40                                 ` Kevin Ryde
2004-01-05 10:08                 ` First look at Guile Std Library available Dale Mellor
2004-01-05  3:39               ` Paul Jarc
2004-01-05  4:28                 ` Richard Todd
2004-01-05  5:19                   ` Paul Jarc
2004-01-06 22:25                   ` Ludovic Courtès
2004-01-06 23:53                     ` Richard Todd
2004-01-16 20:17                   ` Andy Wingo
2004-01-05 14:00               ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2004-01-05 20:32                 ` Richard Todd
2004-01-05 20:59                   ` Dale P. Smith
2004-01-06 16:54                   ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2004-01-06 20:32                     ` Richard Todd
2004-01-03 18:19   ` Clinton Ebadi
2004-01-03 20:12     ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2004-01-04  2:02     ` Richard Todd
2004-01-06 20:42       ` Richard Todd
2004-01-06 21:20         ` Paul Jarc
2004-01-03 22:52   ` Richard Todd
2004-01-04  1:53     ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2004-01-04 20:34 ` Arno Peters
2004-01-05 20:12   ` Richard Todd

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