Re: [PATCH 2/3] gnu: Add go-1.4.

[Efraim Flashner]

On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 16:12:35 +0100
address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:

> Efraim Flashner <address@hidden> skribis:
> 
>  [...]  
> 
> [...]
> 
> > +        (replace 'build
> > +          (let* ((bash   (assoc-ref %build-inputs "bash"))
> > +                 (gccgo  (assoc-ref %build-inputs "gccgo"))
> > +                 (output (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))
> > +            (setenv "CC" "gcc")
> > +            (setenv "GOROOT" (getcwd))
> > +            (setenv "GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP" gccgo)
> > +            (setenv "GOROOT_FINAL" output)
> > +            (setenv "CGO_ENABLED" "0")
> > +            (lambda _
> > +              ;; all.bash includes the tests, which fail because they 
> > require
> > +              ;; network access, and access to /bin
> > +              (zero? (system* (string-append bash "/bin/bash") 
> > "make.bash")))))  
> 
> Why not:
> 
>   (replace 'build
>     (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
>       (let ((bash …) …)
>         …
>         (zero? (system* …)))))
> 
> ?

I got that one the same time I changed go-1.5 :)

> > +    (synopsis "Compiled, statically typed language developed by Google")
> > +    (description "Go, also commonly referred to as golang, is a programming
> > + language developed at Google.  Designed primarily for systems 
> > programming, it
> > + is a compiled, statically typed language in the tradition of C and C++, 
> > with
> > +garbage collection, various safety features and CSP-style concurrent 
> > programming
> > +features added.")  
> 
> I would remove “developed by Google” and focus on the technical
> characteristics.
> 
> Also, what’s CSP-style?  :-)

I have no idea :) I scanned golang.org but didn't see anything that looked
usable, so I hit up Wikipedia and that's what it spit out. It seems wikipedia
says: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communicating_sequential_processes "In
computer science, communicating sequential processes (CSP) is a formal
language for describing patterns of interaction in concurrent systems."

> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Ludo’.

:)

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