Re: [Chicken-hackers] R6RS

[Ivan Raikov]

There are many good reasons not to support R6RS. You might want to read
them here:

http://www.r6rs.org/ratification/results.html


Thomas Bushnell BSG <address@hidden> writes:

> So the extraordinary compiler Stalin is sliding into obscurity, because
> it remains stuck at r4rs, with nobody having done anything to bring it
> up-to-date.
>
> Chicken Scheme can be talked into being r5rs, which is great, though
> it's not obvious sometimes what needs to be done.
>
> But r6rs has been out a while.  I think we should create a "punchlist"
> of to-do items, with the goal being to get r6rs compliance in the
> not-too-distant future.  With the version 4 macro system in place, this
> shouldn't be too far off.  
>
> And yet, we have a quote from Felix Winkelmann from a couple years ago
> saying it will never happen, and "R6RS must die".  
>
> Is this still the rule?