[Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to")

[Andreas Rottmann]

Matthieu Moy <address@hidden> writes:

> Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> So what if Tom had chosen, e.g., lua instead (which seems a good choice)?
>
> Then arch users could
>
> * Use the existing toold for lua (Emacs mode, documentation &
>   tutorials of the language)
>
> * Reuse their knowledge of the language for other tools (in
>   particular, since I use ion, I already know a bit about lua)
>
> Off course, event with an existing language, _some_ users will have
> to learn it because they don't know it already. With a new language,
> _every_ users will have to learn it.
>
It's been pointed out already, but Furth is not intended to be
targetted by the end user directly. And for Pika (Scheme) your above
two points hold, too.

Andy
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