Hi Kassen and rest of the gang. Long time lurker here. On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Kassen <[email protected]> wrote: > http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1942209/r7rs-scheme-progress-report > > Summary of the planned changes for the Scheme standard. What I got from > this; > > *It's heartening to see that we are not the only ones using one of the > cleanest simplest languages around to make a glorious mess. > > *The plans include a new standard for dealing with time which is exactly > what we (don't) need (more of).
I am friends with John Cowan, one of the stewards of the r7rs process. Can you describe exactly what's wrong with the new standard for dealing with time? Also, I don't have time (heh) to delve into it right now, is that standard part of r7rs small or r7rs large? Thanks, Javier
