From owner-freebsd-current Tue Nov 3 21:35:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA21452 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 21:35:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA21442 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 21:35:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id QAA01741; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 16:04:12 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id QAA03255; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 16:04:12 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981104160411.S784@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 16:04:11 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Mike Smith , "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Parag Patel , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lisp vs. Forth (was Re: New boot loader and alternate kernels ) References: <2329.910134454@time.cdrom.com> <199811032319.PAA00900@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199811032319.PAA00900@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Tue, Nov 03, 1998 at 03:19:27PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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