Re: [dev] Re: Linux distros that don't suck too too much

From: Jean Louis <bugs_AT_gnu.support>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 15:45:40 +0300

On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 10:05:04AM +0000, Cág wrote:
> Mark Weber wrote::
> >> Nix is C++, Perl and autotools.
> > * There are attempts to get rid of Perl
> > (don't know about status)
> > * for the nix lanugage there are two
> > alternative implementations
> > - guix (uses guile scheme)
> > - an experimental JS implementation
>
> Guile only replaces Perl in Guix, but not C++.
> People in GNU must have thought:
> "Hmm, we already have one dialect of
> Lisp, that's not enough. We need another
> one for a package manager".
> Guix is actively developed though.
> As well as Hurd.

Your statement is inadequate and generalized. Review the history of
Guile and see why it came into the existence.

Jean Louis
Received on Wed Feb 01 2017 - 13:45:40 CET