Scheme language standardization process
| Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:50:51 +0900 | From: Alex Shinn <alexshinn@x> | | On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Grant Rettke <grettke@x> wrote: | > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 3:18 AM, Alex Shinn <alexshinn@x> wrote: | > | > Is this a case where common practice among Scheme implementation | > is the functions are no longer valued so they are going away? | | No, this is a case where the use of those procedures is almost | universally a bad idea, and it takes up space in what's supposed to | be a "small" language. | | 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. C*R procedures are very useful in symbolic algebra, for graphs and trees, and for manipulating programs (such as compiling). Claims of their demise are premature. _______________________________________________ Scheme-reports mailing list Scheme-reports@x http://lists.scheme-reports.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scheme-reports