On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 22:59 -0500, Paul Smith wrote: > On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 07:55 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > AFAIK Scheme is actually the scripting language for GNU. > > Not quite. Scheme is a programming language based on LISP. There is a > standard, etc. See http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/projects/scheme/ > > The "scripting language for GNU" you're probably thinking of is Guile, > which is actually something more subtle than just a scripting language: > in fact it's a portable, embeddable extension library. The idea is that > if your application wants to provide a scriptable interface, or a plugin > capability, then rather than invent your own new language you can easily > link the Guile library and get a fully-functional extension language. > Guile is also based loosely on LISP. See > http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html
Yes, my memory was flawed. Thanks for the clarification. poc _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
