Hi, Following up after a loooong time --
On Fri 12 Apr 2013 01:55, Daniel Hartwig <mand...@gmail.com> writes: > On 11 April 2013 13:37, Ian Price <ianpric...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >>> So, what do you think [about ,run and ,!]? >> >> This is the sort of thing that belongs in a .guile rather than in >> guile IMO. >> > > Right, and since you can already do this with more control via the > posix interface, adding this 'shortcut' to the repl adds little in the > way of value. I'm not sure I agree. Anything a REPL command can do can also be done programmatically, so that's not really an argument against REPL commands. OTOH people find that the ability to shell out is useful -- almost all language shells have such a thing. I think such a feature could have a place in Guile proper. Andy -- http://wingolog.org/
