Re: Guile for servlets (a sort of generic mod_guile)

[Klaus Schilling <Klaus.Schilling@home.ivm.de>]

Chris Bitmead writes:
 > Nic Ferrier wrote:
 > 
 > > Since servlets are objects and Scheme isn't an object 
 > > orientated language (?) 
 > 
 > Scheme supports OO through various libraries. I believe a standard OO
 > library will is being put into scheme now.

The guile-specific goops? Or actually something on the R*RS level?
If it's the latter, is there already any draft for it?

I like the possibility of a choice. 
While a clos-like oo-lib is much suited for purposes like user 
interfaces (-->STKlos) and databases , something on the lines of 
yasos can be quite useful for AI and symbolic manipulations 
 > 
 > > 1. is the Guile project wholly written in Scheme or is 
 > > there C there as well? (apart from the Scheme language 
 > > implementation and low-level libraries)
 > 
 > The core of guile is C.
 >  
 > > 2. Is there any possibility of making Guile work with 
 > > GNU-Kawa, the Scheme compiler for Java byte codes?
 > 
 > What do you mean by "work with Kawa"?
 > 
Per Bothner pointed several differences out enforced by the java
VM, so it's not fully compatible even if one refrains from smobs
and other C-extensions.

 > > 3. What is the current expection of the finish date for 
 > > Guile?
 > 
 > When was a software project ever finished? :-)
 > 
There can't be a date because the FSF is a non-prophet-organization.

Klaus Schilling