Re: full moon, vm status update

2008-10-31 Thread Andy Wingo
Hi Neil, On Tue 28 Oct 2008 00:51, "Neil Jerram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's not rocket science, and you probably guessed at that solution > already - but I think it really is the _right_ fix, because > > - the principle of the elisp integration is that there is a new value > #nil, which a

vm status update: goops compilation in the house

2008-10-31 Thread Andy Wingo
Hello, Your friendly neighborhood (oop goops) has been nationalized and reclaimed by a group calling itself the "People's Compilation Front" (PCF). I found the following note scrawled on the back of a page of R6RS, and wished to communicate it to the wider Guile community. I've added some comments

Re: full moon, vm status update

2008-10-31 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, Andy Wingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I do not think the interpreter / subr division is appropriate for a > multilingual system. To me, the division should be: > > * The evaluator / interpreter, that deals in Scheme; > * A layered compiler, with different top-level layers for e.g. Guile,

Re: full moon, vm status update

2008-10-31 Thread Andy Wingo
On Fri 31 Oct 2008 18:54, Andy Wingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Granted, we have ideals, and we have tradeoffs, and writing an elisp > compiler. (Then again, maybe not that bad.) If I have to add what I Meant to say here: "writing an elisp compiler might be a bit of work" > consider to be a h