On Mon, Mar 07 2011, Mike Gran wrote: [...]
> A similar idea. > > Define a syntax for use-modules to pull modules off the net, something > like > > (use-modules (url://a-url.com library module #:optional a-rev-number)) > FWIW, i think this is a bad idea. It intermingles two concerns that are othogonal, namely installing a package and using it. I don't want to have to specify in my code where a module comes from. This is how PLaneT currently works, and their experience has been so negative that they're redesigning the whole thing now. jao -- Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we would all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills, and listening to repetitive electronic music. - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo Inc.
