I was talking to some Lispers yesterday and they said Scheme does NOT have a "SYMBOL" type. Rather, in Scheme a symbol is "just a string" which is a good thing. He said Common Lisp DOES have a symbol type only for "historical reasons".
I'm not happy knowing Common Lisp is more complicated than absolutely necessary "for historical reasons". Lisp needs a young "Torvalds" type leader to BREAK BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY and create the BEST LISP POSSIBLE without giving one thought to past kruft. Perhaps Scheme is a good start for this. Chris -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
