[r6rs-discuss] R5RS is not a baseline

[John Cowan]

William D Clinger scripsit:

> > But I favor majority rule, not minority rule.
> 
> The Mytilenians and Melians gained an interesting perspective on this.

Luckily, the Steering Committee doesn't command military force, nor is
it capable of starving out the recalcitrants.  At present.

> > 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.

For some values of "there", I suppose so.

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