[r6rs-discuss] set-car!

From: William D Clinger <will>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:31:22 -0400

Eli Barzilay wrote:
> IIUC, your argument is: while R6RS solves the uncertainty that comes
> with redefining standard procedures, it suffers from not allowing
> redefinition of standard procedures?

Ironic, isn't it?

As Anton van Straaten put it:
> Irony is inherent in the design of programming languages. Heisenberg's
> uncertainty principle applied to programming language design says that
> the more carefully you specify a feature, the less it resembles what you
> were originally trying to achieve.

Will
Received on Mon Jun 25 2007 - 14:31:22 UTC