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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)

Re: Truth in advertising Robby Findler 24 Jun 2004 12:07 UTC

Isn't this true, in principle, of all the SRFIs?

Robby

At Wed, 23 Jun 2004 19:05:25 -0500, Alan Watson wrote:
> 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
> --
> Dr Alan Watson
> Centro de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica UNAM