Re: My Guile Wishlist

[Evan Prodromou]

>>>>> "NJ" == Neil Jerram <address@hidden> writes:

    Evan> 3. I wish that when I loaded Guile, I could get a system
    Evan> with only R5RS Scheme + modules support, until I started
    Evan> loading stuff. I wish that anything in Guile that was an
    Evan> enhancement to Scheme had to be loaded with (use-modules).

    NJ> I think it is OK for `guile' to include some Guile extensions,
    NJ> as long as we also provide a `guile --pure' for what you want.

OK, but I'm using 1.5.6, with an un-modified (ice-9 boot), and
readline in my .guile, when I start Guile I can do this:

---8<---
      guile> (<tab>
      Display all 1589 possibilities? (y or n) n
      guile> (
---8<---

One thousand, five hundred and eighty-nine completions, out of the
box, without (use-modules)'ing anything. Now, you can say that that's
all out of stuff added with (ice-9 boot), but regardless of where it
comes from, this is what I see when I start Guile.

I think this might make Guile the largest language in history. I don't
think Common Lisp has more than six or seven hundred or so built-ins.

~ESP

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Evan Prodromou
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