Re: Squeak and PLT Scheme

[Michael Vanier <address@hidden>]

You should clearly distinguish between two project ideas:

1) implementing scheme within squeak

2) implementing PLT scheme within squeak

PLT scheme is a big system.  To implement all of this on top of squeak seems
absurd to me, kind of like grafting an elephant onto a giraffe.  What
aspects of PLT scheme do you want?  The PLT dialect(s) of scheme?  That might
be doable.  The specific GUI of PLT scheme?  Why would you want that when
you've got the squeak GUI?  Or maybe you want DrScheme within squeak?

If you just want a scheme-within-squeak, I agree, it's a neat idea.

Mike

> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 19:22:12 -0400
> From: "Peter J. Wasilko, Esq." <futurist@cloud9.net>

> > I suspect the number of people interested in interoperating between 
> > Smalltalk and Scheme would approach zero, however.
> > 
> > Colin
> 
> Ah, but don't you think PLT Scheme folks would love to be able to access
> the cross-platform desktop, Morphic graphics, and other exotic Squeak
> libraries?
> 
> Or that Squeak programmers couldn't benefit from the functionality of
> Scheme libraries?
> 
> The point isn't so much that anyone would write in a mix of Scheme and
> Smalltalk as it is to be able to write in the language of your choice
> and still leverage work done in the other environment.
> 
> 
> Warmest Regards,
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
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