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Re: I resign as Guile maintainer
- To: mstachow at alum dot mit dot edu
- Subject: Re: I resign as Guile maintainer
- From: Marius Vollmer <mvo at zagadka dot ping dot de>
- Date: 03 Dec 1999 22:09:09 +0100
- Cc: Jim Blandy <jimb at red-bean dot com>, Richard Stallman <rms at gnu dot org>, guile at sourceware dot cygnus dot com, Mikael Djurfeldt <djurfeldt at nada dot kth dot se>, Tom Tromey <tromey at cafe dot colorado dot edu>, Gary Houston <ghouston at freewire dot co dot uk>, Ken Raeburn <raeburn at raeburn dot org>, Greg Badros <badros at cs dot washington dot edu>, Karl Fogel <kfogel at red-bean dot com>
- References: <199912010422.XAA01070@savonarola.red-bean.com> <38476756.BE23EACC@alum.mit.edu>
mstachow@alum.mit.edu writes:
> I can volunteer to do it.
I'm really happy to hear this.
> I think the most important specific priorities right now are
> documentation (first a thorough and complete reference manual, then
> a user's guide), and the perceived performance problems, which are
> mainly caused by the startup time. These are the two top issues
> cited as reasons for not using Guile as the (or one of the)
> extension language(s) for a project.
Yes, I agree with that. I would also add the module system, which
could stay as it is, but should at least no longer have the
`temporary' stigma.
- Marius