From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7874BC28 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 00:35:31 +0100 (CET) Received: from annexia.force9.co.uk (annexia.force9.co.uk [212.56.101.183]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id iALNZVMN020007 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 00:35:31 +0100 Received: from rich by annexia.force9.co.uk with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CW1Ex-0007AM-00 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 23:35:31 +0000 Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 23:35:31 +0000 Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Config_file : first release Message-ID: <20041121233530.GB27482@annexia.org> References: <1100878356.419e12141967a@mouette.ens-lyon.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ftEhullJWpWg/VHq" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i From: Richard Jones X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 41A12643.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 wrote:01 emacs:01 scare:98 config:01 config:01 computation:01 languages:03 seems:03 scheme:04 scheme:04 investment:93 interpreter:06 extension:06 release:08 X-Attachments: type="application/pgp-signature" name="signature.asc" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: --ftEhullJWpWg/VHq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 10:05:06AM -0800, brogoff wrote: > Once you accept the need for doing some computation in the config file, it > seems that you want a small extension language interpreter for this task. > Scheme also works. I'm currently trying to decide between Scheme and Lua = for > this task. Right or wrong, LISP-like configuration languages scare the hell out of most ordinary users! I still fear my .emacs file :-) Rich. --=20 Richard Jones. http://www.annexia.org/ http://www.j-london.com/ >>> http://www.team-notepad.com/ - collaboration tools for teams <<< Merjis Ltd. http://www.merjis.com/ - improving website return on investment http://youunlimited.co.uk/ - Personal improvement courses --ftEhullJWpWg/VHq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBoSZC4le1M6q9pzoRAr/yAKDe+szdK9bSNB3pbJeyjqnPgxWUEACg5HR+ N2k6T4+6MLcQOwYzVNkuHp4= =19LF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ftEhullJWpWg/VHq--