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Re: Bad news from the module/environment front
- To: guile@sourceware.cygnus.com
- Subject: Re: Bad news from the module/environment front
- From: Ingo Hohmann <ingo@2b1.de>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 20:40:03 +0200
- References: <199906282351.XAA29548@linux.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> <m3d7ydwtyj.fsf@savonarola.red-bean.com> <19990701122200.19506@localhost>
- Reply-To: Ingo Hohmann <ingo@2b1.de>
On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 12:22:00PM +1000, Telford Tendys wrote:
<...>
> The other thing is that, while speed is nice, it is not the prime
> importance of a scripting language. I would rate the most important
> points as:
>
> [1] easy to learn
> [2] completely bulletproof
> [3] well documented
> [4] easy to understand the fundamental operation
> [5] easy to bolt your own code into
> [6] easy to bolt into your own code
> [7] low startup overhead
> [8] can be compiled
> [9] small memory footprint (unlike emacs)
> [10] runs fast
<...>
Maybe this is true for standalone scripting, but when used as an
extension language for a project, it will more or less read like
[1] runs fast
[2] small memory footprint (unlike emacs)
[3] low startup overhead
[4] well documented
[5] easy to bolt into your own code
[6] completely bulletproof
[7] easy to understand the fundamental operation
[8] easy to learn
[9] can be compiled
[10] easy to bolt your own code into
Ingo Hohmann <ingo@2b1.de>