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Re: Bad define placement?
- To: jimb@red-bean.com
- Subject: Re: Bad define placement?
- From: Keith Wright <kwright@tiac.net>
- Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 01:27:15 -0400
- CC: mdj@mdj-pc.nada.kth.se, richard@brainstorm.co.uk, guile@sourceware.cygnus.com, djurfeldt@nada.kth.se
- References: <lzso5549vs.fsf@viz.tiger-marmalade.com> <9908271352.AA03134@tiptree.brainstorm.co.uk> <xy7so558gge.fsf@mdj-pc.nada.kth.se> <9908271449.AA03415@tiptree.brainstorm.co.uk> <xy7vha15kr2.fsf@mdj-pc.nada.kth.se> <m3yaer46ar.fsf@savonarola.red-bean.com>
> Cc: Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>,
> guile@sourceware.cygnus.com, djurfeldt@nada.kth.se
> From: Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
> > The definitive part of the definitive R5RS is the formal syntax and
> > semantics at the end of the document. :)
>
> Actually, just to shed some darkness on the issue, I've heard Bill
> Rozas (one of the authors) say that the semantics are *not*
> definitive, and are only meant as an elaboration on the english text,
> which is definitive.
To be even more specific, shortly after R5RS was published I pointed out
that the definition of DYNAMIC-WIND had been changed in the English,
but not in the formal semantics. William Clinger (one of the two main
editors) said "Oops. The English is definitive".
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