[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] Add symbol=? and boolean=?

[Per Bothner]

John Cowan wrote:
> Per Bothner scripsit:
> 
>> [I]t seems that if you were to design a language from scratch you
>> probably make a clearer distinction between values and objects.
> 
> Actually the distinction is quite clear: something is a value
> if it's immutable, and not a value if it is mutable.

Right, but this distinction is not intrinsic to Scheme or Common
Lisp, which was my point: A language designed from scratch would
probably not have eq? defined on values, only on objects.
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