[gambit-list] Queinnec's Lisp in Small Pieces for CAN$3.95+shipping

Marc Feeley feeley at iro.umontreal.ca
Sat Aug 18 11:16:37 EDT 2007


On 18-Aug-07, at 10:39 AM, Harold Ancell wrote:

>> Since we're doing jokes, and since RnRS is itself based on a joke (a
>> play on the Algol report) -- earlier today I thought of a better name
>> which I think the newly inaugurated R5.97RS should be called by when
>> it becomes a final standard: GrandScheme.
>>
>> "Grand", of course, being French for large, which is the exact
>> opposite of the ideal for a Scheme standard. OH! I'll be here all
>> week!
>
> Not bad, but not as good as "R6RS!".  We *do* need a distinctive
> name for that which we sincerely hope someday becomes "The Language
> Formerly Known As Scheme", assuming the Steering Committee doesn't
> do a major last minute intervention.  I think I'll use GrandScheme
> for now, it works just as well for native English speakers.
>
> We also need a name for what we've got, the R5RS based
> implementations that will at most have a R6RS compatibility package
> (the route Larceny and Gauche will be taking).
>
> I've been using "UncommonScheme" as a working name; I don't dislike
> Common Lisp per se, but there's reasons I switched....

The name that comes to mind first is "Schemer".  That's the original  
name for the Scheme language.  The "R" at the end was dropped because  
the file system was limited to 6 characters.  I also like the ring of  
"The Language Formerly Known As Scheme" (perhaps because I love Monty  
Python).

Marc




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