Re: [guppi-list] Radical suggestion/question

[Kenny Graunke <graunke teleport com>]

I, for one, know some Scheme and absolutely no python. ; ) But none of
my scheme experience is with Guile (or Gnome/GTK), and I don't develop
Guppi, so it's really none of my business. ; )

Up to Jon, and whoever else wants to help.

--Kenny: )

Conrad Steenberg wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> Since some work has already been done to isolate guppi from
> guile-gnome/gtk, I have the following question:
> 
> How about switching to python for an embedded language? (Puts on asbestos
> suit ;-)
> 
> * Python (,is ('easier( than (lisp))) (except that weird indentation
>   counts as code grouping thing :-)
> * It is more widely supported
> * All work done on Numerical python is automatically inherited
>   automatically (some great codes/solvers etc. are available).
> 
> I guess the question is how deeply embedde is guile in guppi?
> And how emotionally attached are Jon/others to guile? ;-)
> 
> Conrad