From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: MJ Ray Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: language translator help Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 12:31:31 GMT Sender: guile-user-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1023712277 10593 127.0.0.1 (10 Jun 2002 12:31:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 12:31:17 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17HOKK-0002kk-00 for ; Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:31:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17HOJE-0002v4-00; Mon, 10 Jun 2002 08:30:08 -0400 Original-Received: from colossus.systems.pipex.net ([62.190.223.73]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17HOIE-0002ql-00 for ; Mon, 10 Jun 2002 08:29:06 -0400 Original-Received: from cloaked.freeserve.co.uk (usereo194.dsl.pipex.com [62.188.202.194]) by colossus.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33C3516000189 for ; Mon, 10 Jun 2002 13:29:04 +0100 (BST) Original-Received: from news by cloaked.freeserve.co.uk with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17HOKZ-0001TR-00 for ; Mon, 10 Jun 2002 13:31:31 +0100 Original-Received: from 127.0.0.1 by 127.0.0.1 with nntp; 10 Jun 2002 13:31:31 BST Original-To: guile-user@gnu.org User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Errors-To: guile-user-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:575 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.user:575 Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote: > if a tree falls in the forest and your seismograph is broken or too far > away to detect it, would you ask the tree to fall again? No, I'd find someone who was there. You're the only person in this case who I can be sure was there, but you don't want to provide data. Therefore, there is little possibility to gather data on this event and we are left working from prior beliefs. My prior belief is that the events probably did not occur. Am I a good Bayesian? Probably not. > why would the tree want to do that? take a library-sciences course if you > want to improve your research skillz... There's a reply to that, but it's not polite. > is there a way to safeguard against this danger? State the opinions before acting upon them, but I can't find that that has occurred. > Stuff that breaks non-bug compatibility during a stable series is > particularly unimportant because such things should not be introduced > during a stable series. > how do you judge compatibility (w/o using the word "compatible")? Do interfaces change? ie, Do returns change for the same calls? Are new calls introduced? Are calls removed? > > could you describe your personal prioritization scheme (as it > > relates to guile / in general)? > "Heuristic." > that's a given. what kind of heuristic? A genetic algorithm, most likely ;-) _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user