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Re: A Dylan implemented on Common Lisp
In article <3k53lf$h25@news.cs.brandeis.edu>, zippy@cs.brandeis.edu
(Patrick Tufts) wrote:
> creedy@mitre.org (Chris Reedy) writes:
> [...]
>
> >I think the ability of Dylan to deliver "Hello World" [...] in an
> >image that takes less than, say, half a MB [would be a good thing].
>
> This, in a few words, is what is wrong with compilers today.
>
> --Pat "code bloat"
Apple was showing off Dylan at the MacWorld Expo last Jan. One of the
things they demonstrated was "Hello World" in a window.
The stand alone application was 58k.