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Re: Guile for servlets (a sort of generic mod_guile)
- To: Chris Bitmead <cbitmead@ozemail.com.au>
- Subject: Re: Guile for servlets (a sort of generic mod_guile)
- From: Klaus Schilling <Klaus.Schilling@home.ivm.de>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 17:06:18 +0200 (CEST)
- Cc: guile@cygnus.com
- References: <s777d602.072@tapsellferrier.co.uk><37786295.212D7318@ozemail.com.au>
- Reply-To: Klaus.Schilling@home.ivm.de
Chris Bitmead writes:
> Nic Ferrier wrote:
>
> > Since servlets are objects and Scheme isn't an object
> > orientated language (?)
>
> Scheme supports OO through various libraries. I believe a standard OO
> library will is being put into scheme now.
The guile-specific goops? Or actually something on the R*RS level?
If it's the latter, is there already any draft for it?
I like the possibility of a choice.
While a clos-like oo-lib is much suited for purposes like user
interfaces (-->STKlos) and databases , something on the lines of
yasos can be quite useful for AI and symbolic manipulations
>
> > 1. is the Guile project wholly written in Scheme or is
> > there C there as well? (apart from the Scheme language
> > implementation and low-level libraries)
>
> The core of guile is C.
>
> > 2. Is there any possibility of making Guile work with
> > GNU-Kawa, the Scheme compiler for Java byte codes?
>
> What do you mean by "work with Kawa"?
>
Per Bothner pointed several differences out enforced by the java
VM, so it's not fully compatible even if one refrains from smobs
and other C-extensions.
> > 3. What is the current expection of the finish date for
> > Guile?
>
> When was a software project ever finished? :-)
>
There can't be a date because the FSF is a non-prophet-organization.
Klaus Schilling