[gambit-list] calling scheme from C

Adrien Piérard pierarda at iro.umontreal.ca
Sun Jun 14 23:32:39 EDT 2009


> So it doesn't seem like the right solution to package all of these
> decisions in a single script.
>
> What is the right abstraction?

I guess that the right abstraction is
- conservative: it always works
- end user-oriented: it should work out of the box for those who know
nothing and don't want to know more. A few others will tweak it
manually. Most people do *not* need unusual (sic) compiler options, or
to select the calling convention.

In short: It's better to make it work out of the box for 90% of the
users than to make something highly (and with difficulty) configurable
for the rest 10%.

Package the "stupid" scripts, and let other users do everything
manually as before…

P!


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