[r6rs-discuss] Proposed features for small Scheme, part 1: a stake in the ground

[Aaron W. Hsu]

On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:17:31 -0400, David Van Horn <dvanhorn at ccs.neu.edu>  
wrote:

> John Cowan wrote:
>> Do you think that R5RS unmodified would garner 90% as Small Scheme
>> today?  I doubt it.
>
> I doubt it as well.  I believe the IEEE standard would have the best
> chance; even that seems doubtful.

On additional reason to break Scheme down even further into a much smaller  
Core, and standardize the other things separately as their own units.

	Aaron W. Hsu

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