Re: idea.. check and grab new versions..?

["Shannon F. Stewman" <stew@fyi.net>]

> >>>>> "Stew" == Shannon F Stewman <stew@fyi.net> writes:
> 
> Stew> While elisp does seem a good choice, I doubt it would pass the
> Stew> safety inspection of the skeptics. Perhaps a small scheme
> Stew> interpreter or otherwise, or am I just looking at some pie in
> Stew> the sky dream?
> 
> huh?
> 
> Reimplement Scheme in Emacs Lisp, just to fetch new software versions?
> 
> I think I'm missing how this would be good.

It would have wider applicability. We might be able to realize the so-called
hype of software agents arriving via mail. The reimplementation part is mainly
to address the concern that any program could be created, even malicious ones,
and there's no easy way to limit the use of certain elisp functions. It's not
an ideal situation, but, then, I wasn't claiming it could be done, just
suggesting it might be an option.

Stew
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