On Apr 24, 2013, at 16:40, Andy Wingo <[email protected]> wrote:

> AAARRRRGHHHH!!!!!!!  IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ARGUE AGAINST AN ASSERTION THAT
> SOMETHING IS NOT SCHEME!!!!!!!!

This is clearly true, inasmuch as whatever standard is selected as R7RS will be 
Scheme by definition.

That's hardly an argument against deciding whether the specific language now 
under consideration is worth the effort of blessing as the next version of 
Scheme, though, right?  If so, I don't think the observation that a language 
does not "feel" true to the characteristics of the language as understood today 
need be dismissed out of hand;  we do not dismiss those who endorse scheme for 
its "beauty" or "cleanliness" -- let us not, then, dismiss those who argue that 
these aspects are diminished by this draft.

Jim Wise
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