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Re: GNU Script isn't fixing something that's broken, so is doomed

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From: Ray Blaak
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 1994 14:33
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Tom Christiansen <tchrist@usenix.org> writes:

>...If GNU can standarize things like that, then great.  But telling
>someone they must use language GNU Blah for an extension language, well,
>get real: it really just isn't going to happen.

I thought the whole idea was to make it possible for anyone to use ANY
language they want, which then gets translated into GEL, which then controls
the application. The goal is to increase the number of languages that can be
used for an application's scripting language.

Cheers,
Ray Blaak
blaak@infomatch.com
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