so if anything particularly useful (for other people) turns up in
"xitomatl non-ported-stuff" it should be grabbed and made stable
somewhere else, like maybe in a srfi or something?

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Derick Eddington
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 06:21 +1000, Ramana Kumar wrote:
>> Are the xitomatl libraries / tools documented?
>
> No.  As the README says:
>
>        See the test programs in the "tests" folder for examples of how
>        to use the libraries.
>
>        [...]
>
>        Disclaimer:
>        -----------
>        My libraries are a moving target.  I'm continually changing
>        things.  Other people's libraries I've assimilated should be
>        stable and should need to be changed only for bug fixes and
>        updates to new versions.  If in the future some of my libraries
>        stabilize, I'll advertise that and make documentation.
>
> Continually revising documentation would bog me down.  Documentation
> which actually helps is difficult and very time consuming to make (IMO).
> I already know how it all works! :)  I try to make good commit logs, and
> so reading through them will help someone familiarize with the
> collection.  As always, read the source :)  I don't even know where
> Xitomatl is going.  People should consider it my laboratory.
>
>> Do you know if there are many users?
>
> I have no idea.  I don't think so.  I think a few people use a few of
> the ports of other people's libraries and leave all my stuff alone.
> That's what I recommend.  I suggest the ports to people because they are
> stable (from my end) and are documented somewhere or are otherwise
> familiar.  When I mention my own stuff, I offer it as only an example
> you might consider for your own toolbox or study.  I think some of my
> stuff is pretty useful and I'm trying to build a framework for me to use
> in the long-term for my own real-world projects, and I very much intend
> to always have it as something I can change on a whim.
>
> --
> : Derick
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>
>

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