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Re: thanks
- To: Dirk Herrmann <dirk at ida dot ing dot tu-bs dot de>
- Subject: Re: thanks
- From: Greg Harvey <Greg dot Harvey at thezone dot net>
- Date: 09 Dec 1999 21:01:26 -0330
- Cc: mstachow at alum dot mit dot edu, Guile Mailing List <guile at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9912061118040.9178-100000@marvin.ida.ing.tu-bs.de>
Dirk Herrmann <dirk@ida.ing.tu-bs.de> writes:
> On 6 Dec 1999, Greg Harvey wrote:
>
> > I'd say give up on portability where it conflicts with making guile
> > more useful. One of guile's big strengths (as other people have
> > attested) is the ability to create new scheme objects and let the
> > system handle them; this probably won't ever be done in a consistant
> > way across different schemes due to the differences in core
> > implementation.
>
> I would not give up (yet) on the attempt to find a general solution, even
> for the generation of new objects. However, this shouldn't be
> high-priority.
Maybe rephrase that to: ignore, for the time being, portability to
other schemes where it conflicts with making guile more
useful. Actually, having something implemented would provide a base
from which to work towards portability, by finding out how it maps
nicely to other schemes and how it doesn't.
--
Greg