Lassi,

On 2022-12-04 02:14 +0200, Lassi Kortela wrote:
> > I'd love to hear from an outsider, privately if necessary, about the
> > "confusion and alienation."  I want to make the process better.
>
> 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.

Weasel words, as the Wikipedians say.

I don’t believe that this is a “general sentiment”. I won’t try to be
a barometer of public opinion, but I will say that the opposition to
SRFI has been from a small but vocal minority. I find some of their
criticism apt. However, it isn’t made stronger by alluding to an
assumed consensus.

> We should streamline our existing institutions and start new ones to pick up
> the slack.

You’ve said this several times, and you’ve started several streamlined
projects already. If you’re right that we’ve suffered from a lack of
alternatives, then they’ll succeed. I hope they do.

But what do you want from SRFI? You alternate between suggesting ways
of fixing supposed problems and hinting at SRFI’s impending doom in the
face of your alternatives. SRFI is not likely to commit suicide: the
problems are overstated, and there is no question that more work has
been done here than under the Scheme Live or Scheme Review banners.
If you want these projects to succeed, I suggest you collaborate with
SRFI instead of attacking it.

Yours,

Wolf

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Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe  <xxxxxx@sigwinch.xyz>