Kindly back up sweeping generalisations about the community as a whole - of which you are one _new_ part with little experience and less actual code - with some kind of evidence, not just your opinion.

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On 4 December 2022 02:14:41 GMT+02:00, Lassi Kortela <xxxxxx@lassi.io> wrote:
>> I'd love to hear from an outsider, privately if necessary, about the "confusion and alienation."  I want to make the process better.
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>It's a general sentiment by many that SRFI is not addressing the acute needs of schemers. "Alienation" taken literally is probably stronger than anyone feels. RnRS causes stronger feelings since it's hard to ignore.
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>IMHO the problem is not with SRFI, but with the lack of alternatives. SRFI is a victim of its own success: work flocks to it since it's the only successful institution in the neighborhood. That's not SRFI's fault. No one institution can give people everything they need.
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>We should streamline our existing institutions and start new ones to pick up the slack.