>>>>> felix winkelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
>> Syntax-case is low-level, srfi-42 and miscmacros are control
>> structures... This is part of what lisp is to me; layers upon layers
>> of code.
> Right, this is also why all Lisp systems end up in large entangled
> blobs that no one can build reproducibly, and which can not be
> cross/target compiled (ASDF my foot, I say!), or even compiled from
> sources.
Well, Gentoo packaging system instantly and reproducibly builds
the whole GNU/Linux system -- more than 500 packages
(typically), with each package depending on up to tens of other
ones, automatically resolving all the dependencies and
downloading the source tar-balls from a nearby mirror as
necessary. I'm therefore asking, is the problem in the number
of dependencies per se, or just with the software handling them?
[...]
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