Re: [Factor-talk] Language Bootstrapping

[Michael W. <mw...@fo...>]

On Aug 31, 2009, at 14:24 , Phil Dawes wrote:

> Nothing to do with design, but one thing that Factor did really well  
> was
> bundle contributed libraries with the main download. This encourages
> people to create and maintain libraries where they otherwise might not
> have done.

Hmm, GHC did this, too, in the beginning.  The "batteries included"  
scheme broke down when critical mass was reached: more and more  
libraries, not all of which would pass QA (with release impediments),  
and more Haskell implementations becoming available.

OTOH, it appears to work for python and ruby...

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Cheers,
Michael