Request for feedback on SRFI-126

2015-09-27 Thread Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
Hello Guile folks, I've made pretty fine experiences with R7RS-small so far[0][1][2][3], and after seeing people's disdain towards R7RS-large's direction and agreeing with them (although I wouldn't trust my own judgment alone), I've decided to try pushing R7RS-large in a somewhat better direction.

Re: Request for feedback on SRFI-126

2015-09-27 Thread Panicz Maciej Godek
Hi, while I have nothing to say regarding the details of your SRFI, I find some of your motivations questionable, and therefore I decided to write this reply. Forgive the somewhat "negative" tone of this e-mail, despite my intentions being positive. > I've made pretty fine experiences with R7RS-s

Re: Request for feedback on SRFI-126

2015-09-27 Thread Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
Panicz Maciej Godek writes: > Hi, > while I have nothing to say regarding the details of your SRFI, I find > some of your motivations questionable, and therefore I decided to > write this reply. Forgive the somewhat "negative" tone of this e-mail, > despite my intentions being positive. Hi, no p

Re: Request for feedback on SRFI-126

2015-09-27 Thread Panicz Maciej Godek
> > > > I've made pretty fine experiences with R7RS-small so far[0][1][2] > > [3], and after seeing people's disdain towards R7RS-large's > > direction and agreeing with them (although I wouldn't trust my own > > judgment alone), I've decided to try pushing R7RS-large in a > > s

Re: Request for feedback on SRFI-126

2015-09-27 Thread Marko Rauhamaa
Panicz Maciej Godek : > The best thing that Scheme does for programming is that it promotes > writing software that can be read, and not only executed. Really? I think the best thing Scheme does for programming is it brings you closer to God. Seriously, Lisp in general and Scheme in particular is