Re: JPush: Lush on Python on Java

Hi Yann,

If I am reading you correctly then you are favoring staying with the "standard"
Lush side of things. On that side, I agree with your points.

My idea though is to have two different stacks, so to speak, of Lush (there could
be more). Each one takes its own path yet at the same time they have clear
connections to each other to take advantage of different functionality or other
specifics.

From what you say Lush is primary just a niche application as it stands, but you 
have also mentioned in the Lush documentation that some people use it for
very general tasks, like system administration and so forth. Part of my own use
of Lush involves very general applications.

I don't know how much you know about Jython, but it actually makes it quite easy 
to implement domain specific interpreters, a Lush implementation could be one.

What is needed here is a proof of concept. I'll have to come back to this topic 
when I have something that at least does a rudimentary REPL.

As an aside, in my view open source software, perhaps along with ubiquitous networking,
parallels biological processes. For instance, imagine any particular application 
as a type of plant. Some plants grow only in specific areas under a limited set of 
environmental conditions that must be met. Others spread far and wide and can
tolerate a wider range of conditions. 

What is the main cause of the difference between these types of plants, some very 
adaptable and others not so?

The difference seems to be that the adaptable one is able to take root under conditions
that it did not originate from. In terms of evolution, the more adaptable plant 
has a higher probability of long term success, having at least some semblance of
the original plant existing well into the unknown future. There are definitely
parallels in computer applications that we all know of: Linux, Perl, etc.

I think Lush should be included with those, the more adaptable applications,
therefore having more chance of staying around long into the future.

Raymond


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