[r6rs-discuss] no, now, know

From: Thomas Lord <lord>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:34:13 -0700

I voted "yes". Here is what I offered as a comment with my vote:

   Well, it's not terribly clever of me but I will steal
   a quote that J.H. Conway uses in the preface to 'On
   Numbers and Games' from Bunyan's 'Apology for his Book
   (Pilgrim's Progress):

       Some said 'John, print it'; others said 'Not so.'
       Some said 'It might do good'; others said 'No.'

  It will be a waste of time to drag out discussion of the
  draft much longer and, even for all the objections raised,
  'it might do good.' Meanwhile, if there is long-term
  substance to the dissent, I am hopeful that that that
  dissent can gracefully congeal in and exploit the SRFI
  process to evolve things beyond the current draft.

  If it seems I'm saying 'Sigh. It'll do I guess. Good
  enough,' well, I suppose I am. That's not feint praise,
  though -- not for R_RS.


-t

p.s.: or is that supposed to be "faint praise"? Oh well.
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