Re: Dylan supported by GNU in future ?

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From: Martin Cracauer
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 12:39

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fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars Peter Fischer) writes:


>>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Cracauer (cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de)

>Martin> I would like to know, if FSF will release a 'Dylan' implementation.
>Martin> (Dylan is a language like CLOS, invented by Apple).

>Any special reason you'd like Dylan over, day, Scheme or CLOS? Or
>Emacs Lisp? Anything special Dylan will do, apart from blowing in the
>wind?

You should take a look at 'Journal of Object Oriented Programming',
November/December issue, page 75.

There is an article about the advantages of dylan over CLOS by Denison
Bollay (the start of a little series, I think).


>Martin> I know, FSF don't like Apple, but isn't dylan 'free enough' to be
>Martin> supported ? 

>Well, write a GNU Dylan inetrpreter/compiler/system and donate it to
>the FSF and things will look much more promising.

If I could do this, I would'd ask for an implementation.

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