Implementation Language

[Ben Elliston]

   Modulo: we can write in C those parts we wish to as long as a portable
   Scheme version also exists [e.g. cos.c, not that I necessarily want to
   keep it in the long run, but rather as an example of what I mean
   here.]

So does Guile follow a similar philosophy to Tcl -- to write performance
critical aspects in C and provide hooks into Scheme?
   
    > Do we have any performance issues with Guile?  
   Yes!!!

Can you expand?  I don't really consider the performance of code generation
to be that critical -- look at G++ these days.

   But they're fun. :-)

I envy your energy, Doug.

   And after we have at least one more big usage under our belt [dynamic
   compilation?] and we have a proper function unit description [plus
   related paraphenalia] I think we should take a step back and review
   everything from the ground up.

Sounds reasonable.  Post-evaluation is an important exercise.

Ben