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Subject:    [sylpheed:24492] Re: spam folder type
From:       Vladi Belperchinov-Shabanski <cade () datamax ! bg>
Date:       2005-03-30 16:32:22
Message-ID: 20050330193222.362c861b.cade () datamax ! bg
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guile is huge! I'm amazed you even mentioned it :) we
(project I participated in) replaced it with siod as
config language. lua is also reasonable choice.

however, I expect from extension language to be rich
and compact (tell more with less in various ways) just
like natural languages. there are limits, Perl is close.

I'm far from the idea than anyone could be convinced of
anything easily (without months of fighting with 
questionable result) so let's drop this thread, please.

Vladi.

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:22:56 +0200
Stefaan A Eeckels <Stefaan.Eeckels@ecc.lu> wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:21:57 +0300
> Vladi Belperchinov-Shabanski <cade@datamax.bg> wrote:
> 
> > I can't decide if this statement is funny or stupid.
> > Mine was suggestion, I won't fight holy wars just because
> > someone prefers assembler.
> 
> It's a simple statement of fact. Perl is a _very_ big,
> _very_ complex interpreter that wasn't designed to be an
> extension language. 
> 
> If one decides (and that's by no means a foregone conclusion)
> that integrating an extension language into sylpheed is a
> good thing, then there are far better languages for the
> purpose (lua, tcl, guile).
> 
> I don't mind Perl, I use it quite a lot, but it's the worst
> extension language of all the mainstream languages (with Java
> a close second).
> 
> Take care,
> 
> -- 
> Stefaan
> -- 
> As complexity rises, precise statements lose meaning,
> and meaningful statements lose precision. -- Lotfi Zadeh 
> 


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Vladi Belperchinov-Shabanski <cade@biscom.net> <cade@datamax.bg>
http://cade.datamax.bg/   pgp/gpg key id: 6F35B214 (pgp.mit.edu)
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Kiss the past goodbye, don't follow empty skies...
                                                    

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