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> From: "Paul R. Wilson" <wilson@cs.utexas.edu> > Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 06:13:41 -0600 > Cc: Mark Galassi <rosalia@cygnus.com>, Tim Pierce <twp@skepsis.com>, > guile@cygnus.com > Sender: owner-guile@cygnus.com > > What is the point of distinguishing between primitive and non-primitive > procedures? I don't know. But it seems harmless to make the distinction, and one that might be potentially useful. For that matter, what is the point of distinguishing between procedures and macros? People seem more comfortable with that distinction, but it's not clear to me whether there's any practical value behind it. You're right that if more primitives are rewritten in Scheme, it will outdate the documentation. Provided, of course, that the documentation doesn't get updated.