[gambit-list] My R6RS vote
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
znmeb at cesmail.net
Mon Aug 13 11:13:46 EDT 2007
Arto Bendiken wrote:
> On 8/13/07, Marijn Schouten (hkBst) <hkBst at gentoo.org> wrote:
>> I was under the impression that R6RS aimed to solve this problem (but I
>> may be wrong) and I am willing to swallow whatever else has been put in if
>> it does.
>
> To paraphrase an old wisdom attributed to Benjamin Franklin:
>
> Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little
> temporary convenience deserve neither liberty nor convenience.
>
A wonderful phrase from a marvelous person, but how is it relevant to
programming language theory and implementation?
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