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Ask HN: Why hasn't Python replaced Guile as the extension language for GNU apps?
Wouldn't most users prefer it?
- raverbashing 4y agoBecause most GNU projects are thinking of how things were 20 yrs ago In the end, very few people care to learn another language that's probably as friendly as M4 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13887097 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13887097
- markus_zhang 4y agoA side but related question: when can we use Python to extend VSCode? Really don't want to learn JS/TS.
- vinceguidry 4y agoGNU is a monastic order where the central code is copyleft. Python is permissively licensed. Guile is a GNU project, Python lives as part of the ecosystem of its own software foundation. The entire reason GNU lives is to keep the idea of copyleft alive. If you like and love GNU, you really should learn more about it.