Re: MacxOS X getting there

[Sven N. Thommesen]

At 03:27 PM 1/2/2003, Bill Northcott wrote:
> Its a lovely thought, but it does not work!
>
>
> Why is Swarm code SOOOO hard to compile?

Because it is the result of a history-dependent process, whereby various 
clever people have hacked together solutions (sometimes very clever ones) 
to problems small and big (up to and including crappy compilers) as they 
arose; the resulting bowl of spaghetti is only fit food for wizards or the 
foolhardy.

Despite this, Swarm is a great tool with few direct competitors, and it 
would make a lot of sense to rewrite the package from scratch, if we had 
the resources.

Sven Thommesen


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