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. -- John Cowan [email protected] http://www.ccil.org/~cowan O beautiful for patriot's dream that sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam undimmed by human tears! America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law! --one of the verses not usually taught in U.S. schools _______________________________________________ r6rs-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.r6rs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/r6rs-discuss
