Scheme language standardization process
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 9:56 PM, John Cowan <cowan@x> wrote: > Alex Shinn scripsit: > >> I've used those procedures myself, and *every* single time it has been >> a mistake. I'd rather they go away so I'm not tempted, and am forced >> to properly abstract from the start. > > For the record, they can't be removed from the standard altogether, > because they are part of IEEE Scheme, and we need specially strong > justification to remove any feature of that standard (in fact, we have > not done so). But we can put them in a module other than the base > module. Thanks for the explanation as I was trying to understand more about how the process works. _______________________________________________ Scheme-reports mailing list Scheme-reports@x http://lists.scheme-reports.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scheme-reports