[r6rs-discuss] R5RS is not a baseline

[William D Clinger]

John Cowan wrote:
> But I favor majority rule, not minority rule.

The Mytilenians and Melians gained an interesting
perspective on this.

> In the presence of supermajorities, that question is truly critical.
> With majority votes,  it doesn't matter that much.

Then we'll get there faster if we start with Common
Lisp, adding any new features desired by a majority.

> I think that the only truly stable part of the process is step one,
> which says "Redesign the process."

+1

Will