Re: JACAL, scm

[Thomas Bushnell, BSG]

Tom Lord <address@hidden> writes:

> I think it is a good idea for GNU Emacs and the GNU extension language
> to work well together.  They should be able to exchange data comprised
> of basic types using `read' and `write' (on the Scheme side).  There
> is no reliable way for the two programs to exchange simple data unless
> () and #f are the same.

Of course, but there is Jim Blandy's proposal for how to do it, and it
was adopted years ago as the way to do it in Guile, and there is a
nonzero set of people counting on it being done the original way
planned.  Could you describe what's wrong with that proposal, in your
view?