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Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:15:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Ricardo Wurmus To: Evan Cooney Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: Including code in a non-Guile language into Guix In-Reply-To: (Evan Cooney's message of "Wed, 30 Oct 2024 21:34:38 -0500") References: Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:15:35 +0100 Message-ID: <87zfmkl048.fsf@elephly.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-ZohoMailClient: External Received-SPF: pass client-ip=136.143.188.51; envelope-from=rekado@elephly.net; helo=sender4-of-o51.zoho.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list 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+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -1.42 X-Spam-Score: -1.42 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 99B778A4A3 X-Migadu-Scanner: mx12.migadu.com X-TUID: LfjPRo0hAlwk Evan Cooney writes: > I know that Guix is mainly written in Guile, but has much thought gone > into optimizing these commands Yes. > by rewriting some of the > code in a more performance-oriented language like C? No. Guile is not the bottleneck. > C is also more widely taught and known than Guile, so adding C might > help bring developers to Guix. I find this doubtful. -- Ricardo