Ray Dillinger scripsit: > That isn't the case. A system that manages inventory and orders > will use a database on a system where databases are available. > > But say the DBMS requires a full posix environment. > > This implies that if I can't get a full posix, there is no database > to communicate with and I have to do things in a different way, > which means I *don't* call the posix socket functions (which don't > work anyway) and use some other module to manage things in a > different way instead.
Okay, I'm convinced. Conditional import is necessary, so imports have to be able to appear embedded within syntax. That doesn't mean I endorse your other propositions. -- We pledge allegiance to the penguin John Cowan and to the intellectual property regime [email protected] for which he stands, one world under http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Linux, with free music and open source software for all. --Julian Dibbell on Brazil, edited _______________________________________________ r6rs-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.r6rs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/r6rs-discuss
