Re: Scheme translator

[Joshua Judson Rosen]

On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 07:42:40AM +0100, Neil Jerram wrote:
> >>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Silva <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>     Daniel> Hello everyone,
>     Daniel> Has the Guile community considered a Python to Scheme 
> translator/compiler?
>     Daniel> I'm very interested in such a project and hope others are too.
> 
> Thomas Bushnell (of Hurd fame) was working on one, but AFAIK hasn't
> shared any of the result yet.

Actually, he's got a project set-up on Savannah:

          http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gpc

There is some code in CVS.

I'm not sure what his intent is with this--if he's listening, I'd love
to hear it. I'd also love to hear what Daniel's is.

The reasons that I've imagined for writing a `Python-to-Guile
translator' are:

        * To convert Python's libraries for use with/from Guile        

        * To use Guile's libraries from Python (Sam Rushing was
          planning to do this with Lunacy, at some point--I think that
          his main reason was that he saw it as the easiest path to a
          Python with call/cc)

        * Adding a Python-like extension-language to embedded-Guile
          applications.

I guess it's really only two fundamental categories:

        * A platform for new Python code (like, say, Jython)

        * Compatibilty with existing Python code

And they seem very different....

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