Re: [Evolution] New Evolution installation -- three short questions

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 22:59 -0500, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 07:55 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > AFAIK Scheme is actually the scripting language for GNU.
>
> Not quite.  Scheme is a programming language based on LISP.  There is a
> standard, etc.  See http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/projects/scheme/
>
> The "scripting language for GNU" you're probably thinking of is Guile,
> which is actually something more subtle than just a scripting language:
> in fact it's a portable, embeddable extension library.  The idea is that
> if your application wants to provide a scriptable interface, or a plugin
> capability, then rather than invent your own new language you can easily
> link the Guile library and get a fully-functional extension language.
> Guile is also based loosely on LISP.  See
> http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html

Yes, my memory was flawed. Thanks for the clarification.

poc