> By "simple" we mean data types that are not primarily used as
> containers to hold other data -- i.e. pairs, lists, vectors and so
> on.
This should be “to hold other data---i.e., pairs”, i.e., this should
be an em dash with no surrounding spaces.
Agreed, except that both instances of the L
>
> >> > Something that's long been a mystery to me is why it is that
> >> > computer programmers, who spend their days learning and
> >> > following the rules and idioms of various programming
> >> > languages, do not want to learn and follow the rules and
> >> > idioms of natural languages.
> >>
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> Hi!
>
> While we’re at it...
>
> Mark Harig writes:
>
>> By "simple" we mean data types that are not primarily used as
>> containers to hold other data -- i.e. pairs, lists, vectors and so on.
>
> This should be “to hold other data---i.e., pairs”, i.e., th
Mark Harig writes:
> Some of the discussion below was getting too far off-topic [...]
Hi Mark,
Your development of the argument below is interesting, and I think it
could be an interesting discussion to have. In this email, though, I
just wanted to mention a couple of points, one of which I th
Francis Southern writes:
> On 15 February 2011 20:43, Mark Harig wrote:
>>
>> This is the crux of the argument. Should the GNU Guile manual be
>> written using British English or American English, both in grammar and
>> spelling? American English usage rules require a comma, while British
>> E
On 16 February 2011 00:52, Mark Harig wrote:
> "take a detour" implies that there is an obstacle that is preventing
> the author from what would otherwise be the desirable route.
No, not really. For example, the Michelin travel guides have been
using the phrase "worth a detour" for many years.
Andy Wingo writes:
> Hi Billy,
>
> On Wed 16 Feb 2011 19:06, Billy O'Connor writes:
>
>> GENguile-procedures.texi
>> Throw without catch before boot:
>>
>> Error while printing exception:
>> Key:
>> Failed to print exception.
>> Aborting.
>
> Can you run meta/gdb-uninstalled-guile -q --no
Hi!
While we’re at it...
Mark Harig writes:
> By "simple" we mean data types that are not primarily used as
> containers to hold other data -- i.e. pairs, lists, vectors and so on.
This should be “to hold other data---i.e., pairs”, i.e., this should be
an em dash with no surrounding spaces.
On 15 February 2011 20:43, Mark Harig wrote:
>
>> >> Also, while the Chicago Manual of Style recommends it, some other online
>> >> grammar sites mention that it is American English style, but British
>> >> English would not add a comma afterwards.
>>
>> My feeling is consistent with that. I'm Br
Hi Billy,
On Wed 16 Feb 2011 19:06, Billy O'Connor writes:
> GENguile-procedures.texi
> Throw without catch before boot:
>
> Error while printing exception:
> Key:
> Failed to print exception.
> Aborting.
Can you run meta/gdb-uninstalled-guile -q --no-auto-compile ?
That will drop you i
On Wed 16 Feb 2011 16:05, Hans Aberg writes:
> On 16 Feb 2011, at 11:29, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>
>> We are pleased to announce GNU Guile release 2.0.0, ...
>
>> Here are the compressed sources:
>> ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/guile-2.0.0.tar.gz (5.4MB)
>
> It compiles on Mac OS X 10.6.6 with t
This error seems familiar to me somehow, but I can't place it or find
anything in the ml archives. Has anyone else seen this?
billyoc@t22:~/guile-2.0.0$ gcc --version
gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.4-14ubuntu5) 4.4.5
...
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/billyoc/guile-2.0.0/libguile'
GENguile-pr
On 16 Feb 2011, at 11:29, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> We are pleased to announce GNU Guile release 2.0.0, ...
> Here are the compressed sources:
> ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/guile-2.0.0.tar.gz (5.4MB)
It compiles on Mac OS X 10.6.6 with the system supplied compiler
$ gcc --version
i686-appl
Hi Luca!
Happy 2.0 release day! :-)
Luca Saiu writes:
> (Hello Ludovic, Andy, and all :-)).
>
> On 02/15/2011 04:38 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> I can’t reproduce the problem on x86_64-linux-gnu with a recent CVS
>> snapshot of libgc. Which libgc do you use?
>
> 7.2.4, compiled from sources;
() Mark Harig
() Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:03:39 -0500
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