[17] in bcs-newton
Re: Dylan FAQ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sam Hunting)
Thu Sep 24 18:34:39 1992
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1992 18:33:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sam Hunting <shunting@world.std.com>
To: Albert Willis <awillis@MIT.EDU>
Cc: alms@cambridge.apple.com, bcs-newton@world.std.com,
In-Reply-To: <9209241601.AA13549@MIT.EDU>
Makes sense to me, Al -- Keep the Newton mailing list focused on Newton.
My only question would be whehter it would make sense to subscribe to the
announcements mailing list -- so that we get whatever Apple ands up
confirming or denying.....
On Thu, 24 Sep 1992, Albert Willis wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1992 18:48:15 -0500
> > To: bcs-newton@world.std.com
> > From: alms@cambridge.apple.com
> > Subject: Dylan FAQ
> > Cc: straz@cambridge.apple.com
> >
> > From what I hear, there's been a lot of discussion of Dylan on this
> > mailing list.
> >
> > I'm taking the liberty of sending along a copy of the Dylan faq.
> > The two big pieces of news are
> >
> > 1) a simple implementation of the language (or an approximation of
> > it) has been released by DEC CRL.
> > 2) we've just started up a couple of two-way Dylan lists.
> >
> > Details are in the faq.
> >
> > -Andrew Shalit
>
> Yes, there has been a fair amount of discussion of Dylan, since most
> media sources are saying that Dylan will be the development language of
> choice, although Apple has neither confirmed or denied that.
>
> As far as adding bcs-newton@world.std.com to the
> announce-dylan@cambridge.apple.com mailing list, my gut reaction is
> *not* to do this. Since you mailed the Dylan FAQ to the our list
> (thanks!), I think that people who wish to join the various Dylan
> mailing lists will do so. I already know several people who subscribe to
> both.
>
> While Dylan is way cool, we are trying to focus on how the BCS will
> support Newton users. We would like to provide certain tools to BCS
> members, like having the BCS Calendar available on Newton. (See BCS
> Update to see what Calendar looks like. To see the current electronic
> version, check ftp.eff.org:/pub/bcs.) Perhaps that means developing this
> app in Dylan. Or using the (rumored) NewtonScript scripting language.
> Until we get more information on how to develop for Newton, we are in
> the dark about how to proceed on this.
>
> What may happen in the future, assuming that Apple announces that Dylan
> is the language of choice for Newton, is that we'll start a list for
> members interested in developing for Newton. Or perhaps we could form a
> special interest group for those who wish to explore Newton development.
>
> In the meanwhile, I'd like to keep this mailing list focused on
> discussing the formation of the BCS Newton user group.
>
> Comments?
>
> -- Al
