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From: | Ian Grant |
Subject: | Re: Bug free programs |
Date: | Wed, 17 Sep 2014 09:35:02 -0400 |
Ian Grant <address@hidden> writes:
Are you suggesting that we compile our Scheme code to C, include that
in our distribution, and then users would start by compiling that
(non-source) C code? If so, I'm surprised to hear you suggest that,
given your concern over Thompson viruses (which I share, incidentally).
A Thompson virus could be hiding in this intermediate C code that would
be very hard to audit.
I, for one, am very glad that unlike many self-hosting compilers, Guile
is bootstrapped entirely from source code, with just one exception:
psyntax-pp.scm is generated from psyntax.scm, but it's fairly close to
the source code and quite readable. Incidentally, I put a great deal of
effort into making sure it was readable.
> See the thunder.pdf I sent when I first proposed this idea:
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> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guile-devel/2014-08/msg00064.html
If you want me to read it, can you please email it as plain text?
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