Re: FreeBSD 11

2016-10-15 Thread Rowan Thorpe
Hi Rick, thanks for the feedback. > ..[snip].. > Answer: don't build with manual steps, use scripts (and test them, of > course).[0] At large scale, orchestration systems do the same thing. > For instance, they sometimes have to install software that is not > pre-built in a canonical package

Re: FreeBSD 11

2016-10-14 Thread Jakob Eriksson
On 14/10/16 23:03, r...@tamos.net wrote: > On Fri, 14 Oct 2016 22:12 +0200, Jakob Eriksson wrote: >> On 14/10/16 22:01, r...@tamos.net wrote: >>> But picolisp is for experienced programmers[1], a class of people who >>> have no problem building software. >> >> Isn't this a bit of a truism. There

Re: FreeBSD 11

2016-10-14 Thread rick
On Fri, 14 Oct 2016 22:12 +0200, Jakob Eriksson wrote: > On 14/10/16 22:01, r...@tamos.net wrote: > > But picolisp is for experienced programmers[1], a class of people who > > have no problem building software. > > Isn't this a bit of a truism. There is nothing in the language > itself making it

Re: FreeBSD 11

2016-10-14 Thread Jakob Eriksson
On 14/10/16 22:01, r...@tamos.net wrote: > > But picolisp is for experienced programmers[1], a class of people who > have no problem building software. Isn't this a bit of a truism. There is nothing in the language itself making it unsuitable for an UN-experienced programmer. Because of

Re: FreeBSD 11

2016-10-14 Thread rick
Hi Rowan, On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 17:47 +0300, Rowan Thorpe wrote: > On 11 October 2016 at 16:03, Mike Pechkin wrote: > > I have PIL on every OS it supports, except IRIX. > > I can update or patch or compile PIL very fast without walls. > > I agree for personal use, and it is what I presently do on

Re: FreeBSD 11

2016-10-11 Thread Mike Pechkin
> When you say you are an ex-ports maintainer, do you mean in general? > or of a Picolisp Ports-package in particular? ​All related to OpenBSD. It was in decades ago. I cant help you here.

Re: FreeBSD 11

2016-10-11 Thread Rowan Thorpe
On 11 October 2016 at 16:03, Mike Pechkin wrote: > ..[snip].. > I have PIL on every OS it supports, except IRIX. > I can update or patch or compile PIL very fast without walls. > Nobody stay between me and Lisp. Freedom is not for free. I agree for personal use, and it is

Re: FreeBSD 11

2016-10-10 Thread rick
On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 21:43 +0300, Mike Pechkin wrote: > Who want or can test for build and test bundled tests on pil32 and 64 on > FreeBSD 11 ? Hi Mike, I won't be able to get around to installing 11 for a bit; so, it's all you, my friend! :) Regarding the announcement btw, it's nice to see that