[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] Version reference syntax is overly complex.

[John Cowan]

Thomas Lord scripsit:

> Version numbers aren't needed at all, except for human
> consumption (hints, nothing more).   What is needed
> is a way to configure linkages separately from programs.

Versions have to be named in order to make it possible to
refer to a specific version across different environments
(basically the same reason as naming anything else).
Whether the names are numbers or tumblers doesn't really
signify.

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