On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 04:12:17PM -0400, bill wrote: > Hi all, > > It got me thinking, however. Java is a complex abomination, but it > does have one thing in it's favor - the JVM and the endless libraries > you'll find there. Whenever I tell people how great Chicken Scheme is > they always come back to me with the same agrument they use against Lisp > - it just doesn't have the breadth of libraries needed in the real > world. There are a lot of eggs, but not some key ones (PNG and GTK > for instance) > > How do we change this and compete with the ideas behind Clojure and > Scala? Scheme is a much better language.
The best way to change this is to write these missing eggs! Also, we have a javahack egg, so we can still make some use of what the JVM has to offer. I've never used it because I won't touch Java with a 10-foot pole, so I don't know how good it is. Cheers, Peter -- http://sjamaan.ath.cx -- "The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can be economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic experience much like composing poetry or music." -- Donald Knuth
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