Re: xlib binding

[Nicolas Neuss <Nicolas dot Neuss at IWR dot Uni-Heidelberg dot De>]

> Cc: guile@cs.washington.edu, guile@sourceware.cygnus.com
> From: Greg Badros <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
> 
> Nicolas Neuss <Nicolas.Neuss@IWR.Uni-Heidelberg.De> writes:
> 
 > 
> > Some months ago, I emailed the author of Elk, Oliver Laumann, and
> > asked about it.  His answer was that Elk is not actively supported any
> > more.  It was essentially a one-man-project, and at the moment he has
> > not the necessary time left for further development.  And students
> > would be more interested in Java than in Scheme.  It is somewhat a
> > pity, since Elk works quite well (and started much earlier than Guile
> > if I got the numbers right).
> 
> Yes, way earlier-- back in '87ish, IIRC.  Not sure why it didn't get
> picked up by GNU instead of SCM (performance, perhaps?).
> 
> Greg

Elk's performance seemed to me better than Guile's.  The reason was
probably a personal decision of Tom Lord, who knew Aubrey Jaffer and
collaborated with him at the time of Guile's foundation.  (This is
also from Laumann's email, maybe others know better.)

Nico.