Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer scripsit:

> This means breaking (string? "foo"), no?

No, not necessarily.

> In general I'm fond of the idea of reusing the term "string" for
> immutable strings, but I would rather expect it to happen gradually like
> I outlined before.  A too sudden change that requires effort on the side
> of all implementors is unlikely to gain a lot of adoption I think.

That's the R6RS Lesson.

(Not to be confused with the Kzinti Lesson, which is that a reaction
drive's efficiency as a weapon is in direct proportion to its efficiency
as a drive.  Nevertheless, there are similarities.)

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