On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Alan Watson <[email protected]> wrote: >> we should try to rectify the >> backwards compatibility issues that were introduced in R6RS > > The genie is now out of the bottle. > > If the R7RS reverts to case-insensitivity, it will be breaking > backwards compatibility with the R6RS. So, in order to revert to case- > insensitivity, you have to argue that backwards compatibility with the > R6RS is not worthwhile. But since backwards compatibility is the most > convincing argument for case-insensitivity, you've just blown your case.
You are presupposing that R6RS as a standard has been "blessed" by the community that R7RS plans to reunite. _______________________________________________ r6rs-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.r6rs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/r6rs-discuss
