[r6rs-discuss] Rationale issues

From: John Cowan <cowan>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:36:33 -0400

Thomas Lord scripsit:

> For example, in the Perl world, CPAN serves as the central naming
> authority.

[tale of woe snipped]

s/CPAN/ICANN/g and you have explained the problems with the URI-based
scheme you are proposing. Nevertheless, the computer-naming world has
drunk down the no-central-names approach to the dregs (saith the former
...!uunet!hombre!marob!magpie!cowan) and decided that the costs of the
central registry are worth it.

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