Re: [Scheme-reports] Procedural equivalence: the last debate
will@ccs.neu.edu 06 Jun 2013 14:06 UTC
John Cowan quoting me:
> > That example was *not* intended to say eq? and eqv? must behave
> > the same on procedures. How do I know? Because Jonathan Rees
> > and I worked together on this.
>
> I see that now. But as a general point, standards (like other legal
> codes) don't mean what their authors mean them to mean. What the
> author says has a peculiar interest, but not a peculiar authority.
Agreed. My digression wouldn't have been necessary if you had
based your interpretation on what prior standards actually said,
instead of trying to infer intent from a couple of examples.
Once you move into the land of intent, authors' intentions become
relevant.
Will
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