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

• To: info-dylan@ai.mit.edu
• Subject: Re: Dylan (DYnamic LANguage) -- what's the deal?
• From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
• Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 16:30:01 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: Engineering Netwrk Support, ABBNM
• References: <8mgjlr$6vq$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <398EA28C.97F804D3@dial.pipex.com> <8mmgqg$8bm@web.nmti.com> <398EDB97.42126B13@dial.pipex.com>
• Xref: traf.lcs.mit.edu comp.lang.dylan:12569 comp.lang.misc:33749 comp.ai.philosophy:93185 comp.software-eng:86964

In article <398EDB97.42126B13@dial.pipex.com>,
jt  <gkt37@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
> 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. 

You're absolutely right. It sounds like a joke, but I was dead serious.

Unfortunately.

> 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.

• Dylan (DYnamic LANguage) -- what's the deal?
• From: Mentifex <mentifex@my-deja.com>
• Re: Dylan (DYnamic LANguage) -- what's the deal?
• From: jt <gkt37@dial.pipex.com>
• Re: Dylan (DYnamic LANguage) -- what's the deal?
• From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
• Re: Dylan (DYnamic LANguage) -- what's the deal?
• From: jt <gkt37@dial.pipex.com>

• Prev: Re: small Q
• Next: Re: small Q
• Index(es):
  • Main
  • Thread