[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] body should allow mixing declarations with expressions

From: Abdulaziz Ghuloum <aghuloum>
Date: Mon Mar 12 03:39:37 2007

On Mar 12, 2007, at 1:42 AM, Per Bothner wrote:

> Abdulaziz Ghuloum wrote:
>> On Mar 11, 2007, at 4:13 PM, Per Bothner wrote:
>>> "Programming languages should be designed not by piling
>>> feature on top of feature, but by removing the weaknesses
>>> and restrictions that make additional features appear
>>> necessary."
>> Sorry. What additional features would be required to support
>> what you want to do (mixing definitions and expressions)?
>
> None that I can think of.

Then I don't see how quoting that sentence was relevant to your
proposal. There is no weakness; and there is no pile of features
necessary to support what you want to do.

Aziz,,,
Received on Mon Mar 12 2007 - 03:38:56 UTC