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Documentation [Was: I resign as Guile maintainer]
guile-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com writes:
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> I'll also briefly take this opportunity to state what I claim is the
> most significant problem with Guile:
>
> Lack of reasonable documentation.
>
> If I had to choose among extension languages right now, I'd be stunned
> if Guile were my choice. Only after the documentation improves will
> people come to Guile to build a larger support infrastructure. It's
> just too damn hard to get started with Guile the way things are now.
Well, the only reasonable thing I could do at this point would be to
volunteer some of my spare time. Please, who is coordinating the
documentation effort?
--
Andrew Chadwick
System Documentation
Symbian Ltd.