[r6rs-discuss] Re: r6rs-discuss Digest, Vol 6, Issue 39

From: Matthias Felleisen <matthias>
Date: Sun Feb 25 14:32:58 2007

On Feb 25, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Will Clinger wrote:

> Requiring compiler writers to write
> this extra code, instead of allowing them to reject
> programs that violate the basic requirements of the
> language, is a silly waste of implementors' time.

I consider it a silly waste of time for (hopefully) many more Scheme
programmers than compiler writers to having to guess why a program
was rejected by a compiler that is supposedly R6RS conforming. If the
rules are spelled out in one place and in an explicit manner, a
compiler (writer) can refer programmers there and the programmer can
work around the restrictions.

I do like your classification scheme for R6R Scheme.

-- Matthias
Received on Sun Feb 25 2007 - 14:32:53 UTC