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Re:GNU Guile 2.2.0 by Fice on Friday March 17, 2017 @05:44PM (#13898246)
I'm not a participant in the GNU project, but, as I see it, the most important thing about GNU is that they actually have ethics and culture, and that's what keeps the project relevant for decades. They hold to their principles and are able to follow their own way without succumbing to pop culture of the modern IT.

So yes, being part of the GNU project is probably more of a cultural thing than an immediate practical advantage.

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Re:GNU Guile 2.2.0 by Fice on Friday March 17, 2017 @06:15PM (#13898458)
On the other hand, the GNU project tries to build a coherent operating system, which means that Guile, being part of GNU, is the preferred choice of the extension language for other GNU projects. This makes it very likely for Guile to stay relevant for a long time.
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