Re: [MIT-Scheme-devel] #f vs '()

[Chris Hanson]

On 10/8/05, Taylor Campbell <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>    Does 7.7.90+ mit-scheme have any option for treating #f and '() as the
>    same for legacy reasons now that they are distinct?
>
> I'd imagine not, given the amount of difficulty that the conversion
> required in the first place.  If you want to run legacy code, why
> don't you use legacy versions of MIT Scheme?

They don't have that option.  It wouldn't be terribly hard to offer a
compatibility mode, but it would require using a special
(pre-)compiler to deal with IF, NOT, and the like.

But I've got little interest in building such a thing.