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Re: probably faqs



> > 3) I've been thinking about using guile as a network interface, ie
> > binding to a port and then passing the socket to guile, so that you
> > can just telnet in and get the guile interpreter.  Is this feasable?
> > Has anyone done this?
> 
> Yes this is feasible, although maybe a bad idea from a security point
> of view.  Check the mailing list archives for similar projects; I seem
> to remember stuff like this under discussion.

Hmm.  Security, good point.  For what I'm doing at the moment, security
isn't an issue.
But that does interest me.  Is there an eqivalent of, say, safe tcl?  Any
interest or plans?  (I'd volunteer to work on it, if there is interest...)