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Re: H, E, S, B, O, D, X



We have implemented the number output formats in PC Scheme.  I like
the idea of spelling out the keywords and won't "vote" against it, but
there are two troublesome aspects:

(1) We already have a product out that supports the abbreviated style,
so we'd have to grandfather it.  That's always a minor pain.

(2) My experience is that not one programmer in ten can spell both
EXPRESSED and SUPPRESSED correctly (sorry about that!).  What should
NUMBER->STRING do with EXPRESED or SUPRESSED?  [Of course, there are
plenty of other opportunities for misspellings to trip one up!]

Seriously, I recommend that we retain the single letter abbreviations
as an option if we switch to full names for these keywords.

Regards,
David Bartley
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