William D Clinger scripsit:
> John Cowan wrote:
> > > In other words, how much of the growing size of
> > > the R6RS can be blamed on the Scheme community's
> > > habit of using interpreters instead of compilers?
> >
> > Is that really true?
>
> I think the answer is "not much at all", but it
> was an interesting question. As proof, I would
> point to your reply and Alan Watson's.
I believe you have misunderstood me. I meant:
Is it really true that the Scheme community as a whole
prefers interpreters to compilers? Or that there are
more Scheme projects delivered under interpreters than
compilers? Or whatever presupposition you had in mind.
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Received on Mon Jun 25 2007 - 20:02:12 UTC