On Jan 23, 2006, at 4:16 PM, Alan Watson wrote:

> bear wrote:
>> So I think that what we have here is motivated by one
>> problem -- implementations that don't provide the full
>> numeric tower -- proposes a minimum ground on which to
>> solve it, and provides the solution given that minimum
>> ground.  There is no reason once the solution is in
>> place to leave that ground exposed.
>
> I agree.
>
> I applaud the authors of SRFI-77 for providing the tools to solve
> an important problem (implementing the full tower). However, once
> they've solved the problem, I'd like them to put their tools away
> tidily.

I don't like metaphors, as I'm tempted to reply in kind, and I find
that I'm not nearly as poetic as others.

So let me just say---these tools are useful in many other application
domains, not just in building the full numeric tower, and I want them
available for use in these other application domains.

Brad