Re: [Chicken-users] Scheme is dead, long live Scheme

[Brandon Van Every]

On 8/17/07, Ivan Raikov <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> >
> > The language is massively fragmented already, so this is nothing new.
> >
>
>    Well, a few of the people who voted yes on the R6RS proposal seemed
> to believe that the new standard will bring about better compatibility
> between existing implementations. My point was that you cannot alter
> the existing state of Scheme by the sheer force of willpower.

And what would?  Money?

>    I most certainly do not consider ISO C or C++ to be good language
> standards. In my opinion, a programming language standard should
> encourage and support the proliferation of high-quality
> implementations.

Gee money and commercial interest are the dominant factors here.  I
guess Scheme sucks.

> Compare with C++: despite the thousands of pages of
> specification, I am not convinced that you can find two different C++
> compilers that implement all features of the language in the same
> way.

Coming from a Schemer?  Pot.  Kettle.  Black.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every