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From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com>
To: Doug Evans <dje@transmeta.com>
Cc: cgen@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: Implementation Language
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 18:31:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20000731213103.B8068@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <14723.1398.258797.45090@casey.transmeta.com>

Hi -

On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 09:25:26AM -0700, Doug Evans wrote:
> [...]
> That's probably the first decision we need to reach:
> do we stick with Guile?  

I would like to keep Scheme, especially if some of the code
is reorganized.  The halfhearted O-O structures (not cos.scm,
but its uses) particularly bug me.

> There's no other politically correct
> choice for a Scheme implementation.

We don't need to be dependent on any particular Scheme
implementation.  We could assume R5RS, and add only
essential minimal interpreter-specifics.

> [...]
> However, I think the current Guile implementation has a _long_ way to go
> in this regard, and I'm not convinced it will ever get there.

It's a good operational starting point.


- FChE
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  reply	other threads:[~2000-07-31 18:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-07-29  9:26 Doug Evans
2000-07-31 18:31 ` Frank Ch. Eigler [this message]
2000-08-01  1:00   ` Ben Elliston
2000-08-02 17:10     ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2000-08-03  0:03       ` Ben Elliston
2000-08-03  7:07         ` matthew green
2000-08-03  9:31         ` Doug Evans
2000-08-03  9:49           ` Doug Evans
2000-08-03 16:23             ` Ben Elliston
2000-08-03 18:31               ` Doug Evans
2000-08-03 16:22           ` Ben Elliston
2000-08-05 10:16             ` Doug Evans
2000-08-06 14:52               ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2000-08-06 15:27                 ` Ben Elliston
2000-08-07 14:01                 ` Doug Evans

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