Re: Dylan (DYnamic LANguage) -- what's the deal?

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• From: jt <gkt37@dial.pipex.com>
• Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 12:00:01 -0400 (EDT)
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I actually thought you were joking for a moment. But the more I think
about it, the more horribly accurate it seems. Doesn't seem at all funny
now. 

Peter da Silva wrote:
> 
> It has to be difficult to interoperate with, while providing the hooks
> needed for application programs via a sufficiently complex API such that
> programs written for it are inherently non-portable. If this makes it
> hard to replace the first implementation with an improved one that is
> an acceptable cost... application and environment lock-in are the only
> critical requirements.
> 

> --
>  `-_-'   In hoc signo hack, Peter da Silva.
>   'U`    "Ar rug tú barróg ar do mhactíre inniu?"
> 
>          Disclaimer: Matthew 10:16.


BTW, my Gaelic is a bit rusty. What does this mean?

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