[r6rs-discuss] On naming the next scheme(s) [was scheme-reports.org]

[Harold Ancell]

At 01:58 AM 8/24/2009, John Cowan wrote:
>Adrien "Pied" Piérard scripsit:
>> 2009/8/24 John Cowan <cowan at ccil.org>:
>> > I was thinking about "Diamond" myself.
>> 
>> "Yet an other gem"?
>> Ruby and Perl are somehow aesthetically related, but Ruby and Scheme
>> or Perl and Scheme are not.
>
>Didn't have them in mind, though of course diamonds are the most precious
>of stones (though emeralds cost the most at present, IIRC).
>
>Arthur Gleckler called pre-R6RS scheme a "diamond-like jewel".

Hmmm, this quote by Joel Moses would seem to be apropos ^_^:

  "APL is like a diamond. It has a beautiful crystal
  structure; all of its parts are related in a uniform and
  elegant way. But if you try to extend this structure in
  any way - even by adding another diamond - you get an ugly
  kludge.  LISP, on the other hand, is like a ball of
  mud.  You can add any amount of mud to it and it still
  looks like a ball of mud."

                                        - Harold