On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Alex Queiroz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Grant Rettke <[email protected]> wrote: >> That is part of the two worlds of Scheme. >> >> There are the experts and there are the users. All experts are users; >> some users are experts. >> > > I believe this is an artificial and inaccurate distinction.
Why do you believe that? I have never implemented Scheme or design a PL. I am not an expert. Someday I will be an expert user; but it would take a lot more to be a expert when it comes to "big issues" that the committee will face. > The Chicken implementer, Felix, was one of the most vocal R6RS enemies, he > is a pragmatic guy and not the of researcher stereotype. On the other > hand, some very expert and capable researchers were pushing for R6RS > as it was. It sounds like Felix is an expert. All implementers are experts. My point is that as a user I care about things like features and functionality; but I can't vouch for advanced issues. Only experts like Felix's and Hanson's and Clingers can. I think that you and I agree; and that it is a real and accurate distinction. _______________________________________________ r6rs-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.r6rs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/r6rs-discuss
