From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andy Wingo Subject: Re: GSoC final update Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 10:32:15 +0200 Message-ID: <87r2vukc4w.fsf@igalia.com> References: <87lgm224xz.fsf@cune.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38786) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dmbwi-00071T-Ul for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Aug 2017 04:32:29 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dmbwf-0000qx-Pf for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Aug 2017 04:32:28 -0400 Received: from pb-sasl2.pobox.com ([64.147.108.67]:65066 helo=sasl.smtp.pobox.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dmbwf-0000qQ-Mg for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Aug 2017 04:32:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87lgm224xz.fsf@cune.org> (Caleb Ristvedt's message of "Tue, 29 Aug 2017 02:44:56 -0500") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Caleb Ristvedt Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On Tue 29 Aug 2017 09:44, Caleb Ristvedt writes: > I found myself checking the guile reference quite > frequently. One time I happened upon a part describing the ECMAScript > implementation (curiosity and all that), and noticed that several times > it was mentioned how irresponsible the implementor was. That scared me > probably more than it should have. By all objective criteria, I have > failed in this project, and it frightens me to think that, nice as the > community is, I could screw up badly enough to end up a footnote > somewhere as an example of what not to be. That fear pretty much sums up > my mental state during the second half of the summer. LOL I wrote that about myself :-) As in, the ECMAScript implementation was mostly mine, and its faults were mine, and I documented that and moved on. It would be nice to fix some day but it takes time; in the meantime I just wanted to moderate peoples' expectations. Apologies if that language made you feel intimidated, the intention was precisely the opposite. Happy hacking! :-) Andy