scripting language vs. developer community size

[Dirk-Jan C . Binnema]

On Tue Jan 16, 2001 at 05:51:31PM +1100, Robert Graham Merkel wrote:
> Ariel Rios writes:
>  > 
>  > 
>  > On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Dan Kegel wrote:
>  > 
>  > > I'm sure this has been discussed a zillion times but I'd like to bring it up again:
>  > > 
>  > > Requiring that all high-level Gnucash code be in Scheme might be 
>  > > restricting the number of developers able to contribute to it.
>  > Why? 
>  > > Here's a few quotes from the web in support of that theory 
>  > > (found by searching for "scheme learning curve"):
>  > I don't see why quoting some web posts can be a good reason.
> 
> OK, here's the canonical reply to "why do we use scheme".

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Ok, GNUCash uses Scheme as their scripting language; now what if I
wanted to contribute C-code? Would it be rejected?
 
--Dirk-Jan.