Re: [dylan] The Future of Dylan: What do we use it for?

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The truth is that I don't have anything resembling a killer app that I'm
dying to use Dylan for.  I've always enjoyed working on tools and
infrastructure, so that's what I'm trying to do in the Dylan ecosystem:
just make it so that someone coming to the language doesn't have to write
EVERYTHING from scratch themselves.

That said, it would absolutely help to have a significant application to
work on and help drive the infrastructure development.  I tried using the
wiki for that, and was working toward making opendylan.org self-hosting,
but that fell by the wayside at some point.

-Carl


On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Bruce Mitchener <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Feel free to respond to the earlier thread if you haven't yet, but here's
> the next thread!
>
> What do we all use or want to use Dylan for?
>
> The idea here is to see what sort of thing we might focus on, based on how
> we intend to use Dylan. Also, perhaps enough of us are using it for similar
> things that we can get some sort of cooperation going.
>
> We recognize that Dylan is a general purpose language and don't plan to
> change that. But it might be well suited for certain types of applications,
> especially if we're able to improve the library coverage some!
>
> Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
>
>  - Bruce
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">The truth is that I don&#39;t have anything resembling a k=
iller app that I&#39;m dying to use Dylan for. =C2=A0I&#39;ve always enjoye=
d working on tools and infrastructure, so that&#39;s what I&#39;m trying to=
 do in the Dylan ecosystem: just make it so that someone coming to the lang=
uage doesn&#39;t have to write EVERYTHING from scratch themselves.<div><br>=
</div><div>That said, it would absolutely help to have a significant applic=
ation to work on and help drive the infrastructure development. =C2=A0I tri=
ed using the wiki for that, and was working toward making <a href=3D"http:/=
/opendylan.org">opendylan.org</a> self-hosting, but that fell by the waysid=
e at some point.</div><div><br></div><div>-Carl<br><div class=3D"gmail_extr=
a"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Bruc=
e Mitchener <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
om" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><b=
lockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px =
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Feel free to respond to the e=
arlier thread if you haven&#39;t yet, but here&#39;s the next thread!<div><=
br></div><div>What do we all use or want to use Dylan for?</div><div><br></=
div><div>The idea here is to see what sort of thing we might focus on, base=
d on how we intend to use Dylan. Also, perhaps enough of us are using it fo=
r similar things that we can get some sort of cooperation going.</div>
<div><br></div><div>We recognize that Dylan is a general purpose language a=
nd don&#39;t plan to change that. But it might be well suited for certain t=
ypes of applications, especially if we&#39;re able to improve the library c=
overage some!</div>
<div><br></div><div>Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!</div><span cl=
ass=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><div><br></div><div>=C2=A0- Bruce</d=
iv><div><br></div></font></span></div>
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