From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 18:12:18 +0200 From: Lucio De Re To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Stack initialisation Message-ID: <20000830181216.E3753@cackle.proxima.alt.za> References: <200008301417.QAA12601@chuckle.iba.co.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: ; from ozan s. yigit on Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 03:36:55PM +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 014d91a8-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 03:36:55PM +0000, ozan s. yigit wrote: > > looks like existing compiler cannot be distributed outside 2nd edition > licensees. are you going to reimplement alef? if you are going to spend > the time, why not re-implement limbo? at least that is a language > with some future use under other OSs as well. > I'm hoping you're wrong, but I take your point. I'm really not competent enough to re-implement Limbo _or_ Alef, although I'm pretty certain a re-implementation would produce a language with the best features from both. They are really not that distinct, to my ability to determine this. > alef is an island, elegant or not. > Maybe. But it is also a proof of principle, and it has a following. If Plan 9 is to fly from the Bell Labs nest, Alef may be part of the wind beneath its wings. But please keep in mind that I do not have a religious need to move in the Alef direction, I just happen to like the language and the challenge to make it work. My own abilities in this matter are limited. ++L