Re: Standards for programming languages

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) skribis:

> Richard Stallman <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> I changed the GNU Coding Standards to say that we no longer
>> prefer C to other such languages.

[...]

> What about mentioning Scheme here?

We were diverted from this question, which remained unanswered.

Specifically I would suggest something along these lines (I’d move Java
last, because it’s not so commonly used in the free software community):

  Other languages commonly used in the free software community, such as
  Scheme, Python, Ruby, and Java, are OK too.  Scheme, as implemented by
  address@hidden, plays a particular role in the GNU System: it is the
  preferred language to extend programs written in C/C++, and also a
  fine language for a wide range of applications.  The more GNU
  components use Guile and Scheme, the more users are able to extend and
  combine them (@pxref{The Emacs Thesis,,, guile, GNU Guile Reference
  Manual}).

(A copy of the node referenced here can be seen at
<http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/The-Emacs-Thesis.html>.)

What do you think?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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