code in cvs is broken
Rob Browning
rlb@defaultvalue.org
Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:36:11 -0600
Bill Gribble <grib@linuxdevel.com> writes:
> In my out-of-tree development I have been using guile-gtk and libglade
> together extensively and I am VERY happy with this combination. It
> really lets you get away from C for almost everything except primitive
> bits.
>
> I would like to see much of the stuff in src/gnome be rewritten in
> Scheme, mainly because GUI code is so much smaller and clearer when you
> have anonymous functions and closures available for callbacks.
In addition to my response to Linas, I *also* agree with Bill. If we
can manage it, I'd like to see us move away from as much low-level
tinkering as possible. That would be great, and it is actually the
direction we're headed ATM. See my next msg.
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Rob Browning
rlb @defaultvalue.org, @linuxdevel.com, and @debian.org
Previously @cs.utexas.edu
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