Re: Ousterhout and Tcl lost the plot with latest paper

[Jim Blandy <jimb@cyclic.com>]

>I just wonder how much easier it might be to extend an app if it were
>possible to use familiar scripting language, instead of the one that
>the author of an app arbitrarily decided would be "best".

One of the properties of Guile we're trying to sell people on is the
ability to handle different languages by translating them into Scheme,
and then executing the Scheme code.  That way, the application author
does not impose a choice of extension language on the user.

In the current Guile release, it isn't any fun to use anything but
Scheme, but that should be solved in the next month or so.