Re: AARRRRGGH! Die Libtool, die!

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On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 11:14:50AM -0600, Rob Browning wrote:
> Tom Lord <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Both perl and python are not stable.  `sh' hasn't changed much in a
> > decade and probably won't for another decade if ever.  `sh' is more
> > than adequate for the job.  If you must reach for something more,
> > especially on this list, for gosh sakes, pick something rooted in
> > stable standards: reach for SCSH, you traitors.
> 
> If SCSH (or even Guile) really is comparable in portability to Perl,
> and if we were not concerned with having a large pool of potential
> contributors (and we might not be), and if we don't think that the
> size of the existing base of systems with the language in question
> already installed is relevant, then of course I'd rather use Scheme.
> My initial feeling was that at least one of the items above was
> probably false, but if not, then that's great.

How about 'gu', a really portable guile kernel that can be used to
bootstrap? It seems that  a lot of the portability problems of 'sh' are 
syntax / feature set problems. Wouldn't it be worth the effort to 
work on a (non-interactive) guile-core shell?

 Ralf Mattes