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: GNU/MIT Scheme? Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 22:07:46 -0000 Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <5c3173faaf34615038fa0fc982d4a3e5@bouncing.localnet> <5c3173faaf34615038fa0fc982d4a3e5@bouncing.localnet> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1054332460 21688 80.91.224.249 (30 May 2003 22:07:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 22:07:40 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 31 00:07:39 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19Ls2F-0005dT-00 for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 00:07:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19Ls2O-0003TC-S4 for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 May 2003 18:07:48 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19Ls1y-0003SA-Ny for guile-user@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2003 18:07:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19Ls1x-0003Rf-79 for guile-user@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2003 18:07:21 -0400 Original-Received: from colossus.systems.pipex.net ([62.241.160.73]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19Ls1S-0003MA-5Q for guile-user@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2003 18:06:50 -0400 Original-Received: from bouncing.localnet (81-86-163-141.dsl.pipex.com [81.86.163.141]) by colossus.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C953D160000D4 for ; Fri, 30 May 2003 23:06:47 +0100 (BST) Original-Received: by bouncing.localnet (Postfix, from userid 9) id 0AA8D5BD84; Fri, 30 May 2003 23:07:47 +0100 (BST) Original-Received: from 127.0.0.1 by 127.0.0.1 with nntp; 30 May 2003 23:07:46 BST Original-To: guile-user@gnu.org User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:2001 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.user:2001 Mikael Djurfeldt wrote: > This, of course, depends on the total sum of your needs. If you want > to publish "pure" R5RS Scheme software and the architectures which > GNU/MIT Scheme supports are enough for you, GNU/MIT Scheme might very > well be a good choice. I'm not sure that GNU/MIT Scheme has enough interfaces to other parts of GNU, or other libraries to be quite as useful, but it's hard to tell. > (But you might find some Guile facilities such as the module system [...] No, I find the Guile module system and most other general things only accessible through non-portable interfaces an obstruction. The same is true of most other scheme implementations, though. [...] > As Greg said, GNU/MIT Scheme and Guile has different goals and > different roles. GNU/MIT Scheme is an implementation of Scheme, while > Guile is an extension and scripting language. ...but Guile is an implementation of Scheme, and GNU/MIT Scheme is a scripting language (whatever that means today). The only difference seems to be the FFI and libguile. Is MIT Scheme coming to GNU the first step towards a merge? -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ jabber://slef@jabber.at _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user