On 9 May 2007, at 10:31, Jeff Read wrote:
>> Let Scheme remain the language that either does the right thing or
>> defers a final decision.
>>
>
> This has been simultaneously the strangest message I've yet seen on
> r6rs-discuss, and the perhaps the most lucid exposition of what I
> think of as the "Scheme ethic" or "Scheme aesthetic" I've yet read.
My impression (as someone who is not a "core" user of Scheme) is that
there is a considerable number of people who want to use Scheme in
practice and rather need compromises that work right now instead of
waiting until the perfect solutions will be found.
Maybe there is a need for two different Schemes.
Pascal
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Pascal Costanza, mailto:pc at p-cos.net, http://p-cos.net
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Programming Technology Lab
Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium
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