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Re: implementation strategy (was Re: Working Group Proposal)

From:
John Tobey
Date:
July 20, 2000 12:40
Subject:
Re: implementation strategy (was Re: Working Group Proposal)
Message ID:
m13FMCq-000FOJC@feynman.localnet
Joshua N Pritikin <joshua.pritikin@db.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 11:52:27AM -0700, brockw@k2.llnl.gov wrote:
> > But anyway, the point is that maybe we should consider outputting more
> > than just one backend language... this would really increase portability,
> > and if there are two maintained ones then it will make others much easier
> > to add, if one so desired. Of course the downfall would be more work on
> > our part.
> 
> For what it's worth, I think it would be cool to support guile.

1. using (explicit) refcounts or mark-and-sweep all-the-way-baby?

2. Why??

-- 
John Tobey, late nite hacker <jtobey@john-edwin-tobey.org>
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