[r6rs-discuss] Why Unicode matters

[Grant Rettke]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Andrew Reilly
<andrew-scheme at areilly.bpc-users.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 05:58:37PM -0600, Grant Rettke wrote:
>> Most users could appreciate:
>>
>> Scheme Micro Edition
>>
>> Scheme Standard Edition
>>
>> Scheme Enterprise Edition
>>
>> ;)
>
> I see that winky, there, but I just want to make sure that you
> agree that this profile-based segregation of Java, enforced
> by Sun's licencing legalities, is *the* most broken and
> use-preventing aspect of Java-the-language.

By my experience, I can agree that the crippling changes they made
(back when I looked at it) between CLDP and ME and SE made me feel
frustrated and irritated ;).

I am thinking more what everyone has already mentioned: different
versions require different libraries but the core remains the same.