> While all this would be very nice as a research project,
> I doubt that it is a practicable or desirable project
> for a language standardization committee to undertake.
> Standardization is not the point to introduce new
> or largely unknown or untested concepts, or APIs on
> which no consensus is likely to be attained.

Hear, hear!  If the standardization process is to have any hope of
success, it will have to start with well-understood, widely
implemented ideas where there is general agreement and work to forge
detailed agreement.  While ideas like first-class environments have
been explored in depth, there is still no general agreement even on
whether they're worthwhile.  They don't belong in a standard -- yet.

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