I believe the Guile compiler tower is flexible enough to allow new languages to be maintained independently, and it makes installing a new language quite straightforward.
On Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 20:17 Mikael Djurfeldt <mik...@djurfeldt.com> wrote: > Thanks---I didn't know about your work on lua. Should be included in Guile > proper IMO! > > (Some people complain about Guile being large. I think it would be good if > there was a way to create a minimal Guile for those that want to ship Guile > with their application. Perhaps even the Guile distribution could be > modularized in some way.) > > On Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 12:08 PM Nala Ginrut <nalagin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Oh I didn't try python-for-guile for a while, seems it got a lot >> improvements! >> >> I need to polish guile-lua-rebirth, years ago I was working on run Lua >> code as GNU Artanis webapp, it booted successfully, however COVID broke all >> my plans, I almost forgot I have it... >> https://gitlab.com/NalaGinrut/guile-lua-rebirth >> >> Best regards. >> >> On Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 19:48 Mikael Djurfeldt <mik...@djurfeldt.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Being able to script in Python in Guile would be the strongest yet >>> showcase for multi-language support in Guile and would be an additional >>> strong argument for Guile in Emacs. >>> >>> Den lör 14 dec. 2024 11:23Mikael Djurfeldt <mik...@djurfeldt.com> skrev: >>> >>>> While this is interesting, I'd like to have support for Python proper, >>>> with support for Python C interface such that it is possible to load Python >>>> extensions. >>>> >>>> Stefan Israelsson Tampe previously implemented Python in Guile >>>> https://gitlab.com/python-on-guile/python-on-guile/ >>>> >>>> I've tested it and it's possible to load many Python modules in that >>>> framework. However, it might be that Python support needs a redesign and >>>> rewrite. Perhaps it is then possible to fetch some insights and inspiration >>>> from Stefans work? >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> Mikael >>>> >>>> On Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 7:38 AM Nala Ginrut <nalagin...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Recently I've heard about Starlark, which is described as "Starlark is >>>>> a >>>>> dialect of Python. Like Python, it is a dynamically typed language with >>>>> high-level data types, first-class functions with lexical scope, and >>>>> garbage collection." >>>>> >>>>> I think it could be easier than implementing original Python. >>>>> https://github.com/laurentlb/awesome-starlark >>>>> >>>>> Best regards. >>>>> >>>>
