macros expanding into definitions

[plato@astro.geg.mot.com (John LaLonde)]

> I like the fact that internal defines are just sugar for letrec, and
> I'm not sure we should give this up.  Maybe we should be looking for a
> way to make top-level definitions more like internal definitions.

I like the idea of the semantics being similar.  I don't want to see a
change made that would not allow redefinitions at the top-level.  I feel
this would negatively impact interactive systems and an interactive development
style for the programmer.

lou