Matthias Felleisen wrote:
On Jun 20, 2007, at 7:44 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Reflecting on compilation in practical ways
is one cornerstone of how a code-base like the PLT Mr and Mrs
series of tools might become, gasp, *portable*.
        
I am afraid it would take a lot more than that to port Mr, Mrs, Dr, The Stepper, and friends.


Well, I figured that much.   (Hence "one cornerstone" rather than
"the foundation" :-)



We spent three years and good money from a Large Corporation on trying to move the core of MrEd from Mz to Larceny with little to show for. -- Matthias

That's a serious bummer.  I hope you'll except this expression of
sympathy.

I would guess that interesting lessons were learned about why
it turned out to be harder than it seems like it should be?   Why
did it prove to be so difficult?

-t





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