[Scheme-reports] Three really picky points Vincent Manis (11 Jan 2012 03:29 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Three really picky points Alex Shinn (11 Jan 2012 03:41 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Three really picky points Vincent Manis (11 Jan 2012 06:33 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Three really picky points John Cowan (11 Jan 2012 07:10 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Three really picky points Alex Shinn (11 Jan 2012 13:43 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Three really picky points John Cowan (11 Jan 2012 17:32 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Three really picky points Alex Shinn (12 Jan 2012 12:48 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Three really picky points John Cowan (11 Jan 2012 18:21 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Three really picky points Vincent Manis (12 Jan 2012 00:57 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Three really picky points John Cowan (13 Jan 2012 01:28 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Three really picky points Vincent Manis (13 Jan 2012 02:02 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Three really picky points Vincent Manis (14 Jan 2012 18:35 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Three really picky points John Cowan (15 Jan 2012 10:05 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Three really picky points Alex Shinn (15 Jan 2012 11:23 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Three really picky points John Cowan (15 Jan 2012 20:42 UTC)

Re: [Scheme-reports] Three really picky points John Cowan 11 Jan 2012 17:31 UTC

Alex Shinn scripsit:

> I think this reasoning is flawed.  If we believe the names
> [exact->inexact and inexact->exact] are bad, and that R6RS fixed the
> names, we should go with R6RS, not write an apology.

That would break backward compatibility with IEEE Scheme, a constraint
which did not apply to the R6RS work but is effectively imposed on WG1
by its charter.  I would be extremely reluctant to go there.

--
What is the sound of Perl?  Is it not the       John Cowan
sound of a [Ww]all that people have stopped     cowan@ccil.org
banging their head against?  --Larry            http://www.ccil.org/~cowan

_______________________________________________
Scheme-reports mailing list
Scheme-reports@scheme-reports.org
http://lists.scheme-reports.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scheme-reports