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Re: guile history: your input needed!
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
Re: guile history: your input needed! |
Date: |
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:24:40 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (gnu/linux) |
Hello,
Keith Wright <address@hidden> writes:
> Several other directions seem to have been pursued for
> a while and then abandonded. If nobody remembers why,
> then maybe someone will try the same thing again.
> Maybe that's a good thing, because a worthy goal
> remains to be accomplished. It won't be if it's
> forgotten. Maybe it's a bad thing because there were
> good reasons for the change, which should not be
> forgotten, either.
I agree that history can highlight the motivation behind design
decisions, and the reason for abandoning some ideas, which is good.
> Do you hate change logs?
They're way too low-level and don't fill that need.
Thanks,
Ludo'.
- Re: guile history: your input needed!, (continued)
Re: guile history: your input needed!, Keith Wright, 2008/11/22