Re: Text collation

[Rob Browning]

Neil Jerram <address@hidden> writes:

>>> Personally, I would like Guile "core" to be much more modular than
>>> what it is now.
>
> Me too.  And I think this should mean separate libraries.
>
>> I don't really disagree.  In particular, I think this is something we
>> should definitely consider as we examine R6RS.
>
> Ah yes, R6RS.  I've been following r6rs-discuss just enough to feel
> worried about this!  (My impression is that there's quite a lot of
> change from R5RS, not just additions.)

Although I still haven't looked at R6RS carefully yet, I've been
wondering if this might be an opportunity to think about a Guile 2.0
release, one where we give ourselves more latitude to make disruptive
changes, perhaps including R6RS support, the addition of any other
major features, and any appropriate reorganizations (ice-9?).

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Rob Browning
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