On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 2:06 AM, Robert Smith quad@symbo1ics.com wrote:
I am perfectly okay with adding this as public domain!
I can already hear the complaints about using tail recursion.
There is no problem with tail-recursion in such a small domain.
The problem is when tail-recursion is used to implement a decentralized event loop, relying on proper tail calls to not run out of stack; then this needs to be document, and care taken to ensure the implementation supports proper tail calls and is not de-optimizing them away. Things would be easier if there were a library (that ptc.asd purported to be but failed) that actually helped ensure that either proper tail calls are supported or an error is thrown at compile-time.
I have an issue with lack of a clear process to get something into Alexandria. I'd like there be a guaranteed way (as much as there are in the open source world) to get a patch either accepted or rejected within a few days, a week at most, with two people on call for review at all time.
And/or I want another library in which utilities can be speedily updated.
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