Hallo,

On 9/22/09, John Cowan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Andrew Reilly scripsit:
>
>
>  > Why would thing-1 necessarily have to contain all of the workings for a 
> scheme for
>  > embedded systems?
>
>
> See the draft charter for WG1, which says:
>
>  # The purpose of working group 1 is to develop specifications, documents,
>  # and proofs of implementability for a "small" language in the Scheme
>  # family. This small language will encapsulate the fundamental features
>  # of Scheme. Its target uses include education, programming language
>  # research, small embedded systems, and embedded scripting languages,
>  # where it is appropriate to use a lightweight language at the semantic
>  # level and/or in the implementation.
>
>  If you don't like that (as it seems you don't), take it up with the
>  Steering Committee.
>

     It yet doesn't mean that Small Scheme must have all that is
needed for use in embedded systems. Only that it should be suitable
for that, such as by being small.

-- 
-alex
http://www.ventonegro.org/

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