Re: Guile news for the GNU Status Report

[Neil Jerram]

address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

>>> Guile 2.0 is a breakthrough in Guile's history.  First and foremost, it
>>> is based on a compiler and a virtual machine.  The compiler compiles
>>> Scheme code to bytecode, applying well-known optimizations.  As a
>>> result, Scheme code runs noticeably faster with Guile 2.0.  Compilation
>>> can occur transparently: when the compiled form of a module is not found
>>> in cache, it is automatically compiled before being run.
>>
>> People might assume that this means Guile is now less supporting of
>> interactive programming than in previous releases.  I think it would be
>> worth adding a sentence to clarify that this is not the case.  Perhaps
>> "Note that Guile still supports interactive programming, i.e. modifying
>> code in running programs, just as extensively as it has in previous
>> releases."
>
> In the meantime I had changed this paragraph to mention the REPL and
> debugger:
>
>   Guile 2.0 is a breakthrough in Guile's history.  First and foremost,
>   it is based on a compiler and a virtual machine, and comes with a
>   powerful read-eval-print loop (REPL) and debugger.  The compiler
>   compiles Scheme code to bytecode, blah blah blah
>
> How does this address your concern?

Sorry for the delay...  Yes, that sounds fine now.  The mention of the
REPL should tend allay any static-ness concerns.

Regards,
        Neil