[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] Capitalize "Boolean."

[Per Bothner]

Arthur A. Gleckler wrote:
>   In <4.6 Boolean values> and throughout, capitalize "Boolean" when
>   referring to that data type in English text.  Java's capitalization-
>   based distinction between the primitive and non-primitive names for
>   that type, among other things, has made it easy to forget that
>   Boolean is named after a person, and is therefore a proper noun.

A boolean is *named* after a person.  However, it is *not* a person,
and is *not* a proper noun.

"A Boolean" is a member of the Boole family.
"A boolean" is a logic value.
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