John Cowan wrote:
> Faré scripsit:
>   
>> I'm a Lisper at heart, and I'd like the next Scheme to be the future
>> of Lisp. 
>>     
> I think that's a category mistake: standardization is, or ought to be,
> an inherently conservative activity, consolidating the past rather than
> boldly conquering the future.
>   
I concur completely.  Standardization is a process whereby the diverse 
experiments of different implementations converge, whereby we build 
consensus on a new common point from where to proceed further.  We do 
not invent new mechanisms here.  In R6RS's inclusion of untested 
innovations lies, I believe, its failure.  We want, in the felicitous 
words of the Steering Committee's position statement, a "happier outcome."

Faré wrote:
> In short, instead of arguing whether this or that datastructure with
> its accompanying flurry of associated (de)constructors should be in
> the standard, I'd like to see [...]
>   
One more point, and not meaning to "pile on": to date, all the recent 
discussion on this list that I've seen has been for so-called "Small" 
Scheme, the all-new Scheme-branded product that satisfies the many fans 
of IEEE1178.  If you are seeking bold changes in Scheme, you will this 
product particularly dissatisfying.

(This might be a good time to review the charters of the current process 
at http://www.scheme-reports.org/.  I just did.)

Ben


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