Thomas Lord wrote:
You miss my point.   We have overwhelming empirical evidence
that in some situations it is useful for string-ref to be O(1) and
in other situations for it to be O(n).    If an implementation is
to be Scheme, is its choice between those to be mandated by the
report?

If there are two use cases, there should be two APIs.  That way,
people know what to expect when they use each one.  They can write
portable programs.  They can even handle when both kinds of situations
arise in the same program.

...Or was this a metaphor for something else?  I guess I'm missing
your point too.

-j

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