Truth in advertising Alan Watson (24 Jun 2004 00:05 UTC)
Re: Truth in advertising campbell@xxxxxx (24 Jun 2004 01:43 UTC)
Re: Truth in advertising felix (24 Jun 2004 05:07 UTC)
Re: Truth in advertising Robby Findler (24 Jun 2004 12:07 UTC)
Re: Truth in advertising Alan Watson (24 Jun 2004 17:33 UTC)
Re: Truth in advertising Felix Winkelmann (25 Jun 2004 04:58 UTC)
Re: Truth in advertising Alan Watson (25 Jun 2004 16:12 UTC)
Re: Truth in advertising Robby Findler (25 Jun 2004 16:39 UTC)
Re: Truth in advertising Alan Watson (25 Jun 2004 16:59 UTC)
Re: Truth in advertising Bradd W. Szonye (25 Jun 2004 18:51 UTC)

Truth in advertising Alan Watson 24 Jun 2004 00:05 UTC

Hi Felix,

I suggest adding a prominent warning to the SRFI-55 document saying:

  This SRFI cannot be supported by all Schemes. Therefore, by using it
  you are restricting the portability of your code.

Users and implementors would then be able to form an opinion of SRFI-55
without having to wade through the discussion archive.

You say you like the idea of "letting the market decide"; think of this
as a "truth in advertising" clause that gives the market the information
it needs to decide wisely.

Regards,

Alan
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Dr Alan Watson
Centro de Radioastronom��a y Astrof��sica UNAM