[r6rs-discuss] R5.95 questions

From: Arthur A. Gleckler <arthur>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:24:00 -0700

On Jun 26, 2007, at 6:15 AM, John Cowan wrote:

> William D Clinger scripsit:
>
>>> - textual ports must no longer have an associated transcoder
>>
>> That's pretty funny. Fortunately, the CHANGES
>> document is not intended to be normative.
>
> It's actually the English language that's funny. Unlike sensible
> German, the negation of English "must" is "need not" or "does not
> have to".

Huh? It's at worst ambiguous.

It would be a good idea to change the text to say "need not" to
eliminate confusion if that's indeed what was meant.
Received on Tue Jun 26 2007 - 21:24:00 UTC