On 05/23/11 13:18, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> 20 minutes ago, Alaric Snell-Pym wrote:
>> On 05/22/11 22:53, Andre van Tonder wrote:
>>
>>> But if WG1-voted decisions are written in stone as you say, then
>>> it makes little sense for this discussion group to even continue.
>>> What was the point then of making the draft public?  I will
>>> henceforth stop my "moaning"/participation here.  I wish you good
>>> luck.
>>
>> No! Don't do that!
>>
>> By all means vent frustration by shouting at each other, but don't
>> let that get in the way of working together to make Scheme great.
>>
>> Fatalism and anger will only lead to R7RS just being another R6RS -
>> swinging too far to the other extreme, driven by rage and bile.
>
> Do you realize that Andre has poured *tons* of efforts on r6rs?  I
> somehow doubt that characterizing it as "driven by rage and bile" is
> going to make him happy.

I didn't mean R6 was driven by rage and bile, just that R7 would be
driven to the opposite extreme by rage and bile if things get out of hand!

ABS

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