Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 16:04:11 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Parag Patel <parag@cgt.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lisp vs. Forth (was Re: New boot loader and alternate kernels ) Message-ID: <19981104160411.S784@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199811032319.PAA00900@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Tue, Nov 03, 1998 at 03:19:27PM -0800 References: <2329.910134454@time.cdrom.com> <199811032319.PAA00900@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Tuesday, 3 November 1998 at 15:19:27 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >>> bmake'd library can be downloaded from where? >> >> Erm, it's just one or two .c files. :-) >> >> I'd forgotten about siod, but it is indeed very easy to integrate. >> The earlier versions aren't even more than one .c file long. > > About 75k according to: > > http://www.cs.indiana.edu/scheme-repository/imp/siod.html > > Anyone want to cut it "down to size" and see? I'm playing with it instead of doing my real work. Don't hold your breath. > What's the feeling on the lisp vs. Forth argument? I think jkh put it well: I prefer LISP, but for what we're doing here it may be overkill (for that matter, so may Forth, but it's less overkill than LISP). Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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