> Right, although I question the "language for extensions" paradigm: why > would you choose language Y for "extensions" and language X for the > rest, given that (i) X sucks, (ii) Y rocks, and (iii) nothing inherently > makes programs in language Y "slower". :-)
There are several reasons to have different base and extension languages. The worst is that Guile/Scheme is 10 to 30 times slower than the equivalent C code, and in DSP work, that matters. For stuff involving vectors, C is much easier to read than Scheme. Another is that everyone has his favorite language, and by separating the basic stuff out, you can provide any number of extension language choices at reasonably small cost (Snd can be built with Guile, Gauche, Forth, Ruby, or no extension language). I've seen this "There is one Language and its name is XXX" about 40 times -- at least once for every language except maybe Pascal. Of course, it was true in SAIL's case... _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user
