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Re: disjointness of '() and #f

To: Jeff Dalton <jeff%aiai.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: disjointness of '() and #f
From: kend%mrloog.wr.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET
Date: 15 Feb 90 10:39:10 PST (Thu)
Cc: arthur, scheme-standard, rrrs-authors, kend@mrloog.wr
In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 15 Feb 90 15:01:00 GMT. <7447.9002151501@subnode.aiai.ed.ac.uk>


>> >    Date: 14 Feb 90 15:38:08 PST (Wed)
>> >    From: kend%mrloog.wr.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET
>> >
>> >    I would be very interested in deep reasons why such confusion should be
>> >    mandated.
>> 
>> From: Jeff Dalton <jeff%aiai.edinburgh.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk>
>> 
>> It's not mandated; it's allowed.

The sad fact is that *allowing* something in a standard *mandates* it on
all users--who *must* be aware of a *potential* behavior.

-Ken

References:
- Re: disjointness of '() and #f
  - From: Jeff Dalton <jeff%aiai.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK>

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