[r6rs-discuss] Interpreters need not apply?

From: Jon Wilson <j85wilson>
Date: Wed Mar 7 18:51:35 2007

Hi Aziz,

Abdulaziz Ghuloum wrote:
>> Wouldn't this then make the implementation non-R6RS conforming?
>
> Not necessarily. Implementations can provide implementation-specific
> and nonstandard features. Such features may be completely missing
> from the report (gui, threads, sockets, etc.) or even contradict the
> report (lazy evaluation, static typing, no macros by default). An
> implementation is R6RS-conforming as long as there is some way of
> getting the R6RS-required features.
Fair enough. Thanks for clarifying that for me.
Regards,
Jon
Received on Wed Mar 07 2007 - 18:51:13 UTC