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Time for a Fresh Scheme Standard: Say Goodbye to the RnRS Relic

Erik Naggum erik at naggum.net
Sat Dec 22 08:58:58 EST 2001 
* Erik Naggum
> Look, Tengwar is more widely used than Scheme these days.

* Hirotaka Yamamoto
| Prove it by examples, please.

  I am glad you asked.  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,
  has premiered recently all over the world.  Tengwar is a writing system
  devised by J.R.R.Tolkien in this monumental work.  Millions of people all
  over the world have taken a renewed interest in his works, including his
  new languages and writing systems, because of this movie.  I venture a
  guess that more people were fluent in Tengwar than in Scheme before this
  movie was announced, as well, but I am certain that the number has
  exceeded Scheme fluency because of the movie.  I certainly reread LotR
  and took up my old calligraphic Tengwar skills in joyful anticipation of
  the movie, and I did not reread RnRS nor take up my old Scheme skills in
  anticipation of, um, anything.  Q.E.D.

  Note: Despite the fictitious "please", I consider the brevity, style, and
  substance of your request to communicate hostility.  Requests for proof
  or references are never constructive on USENET, just mere tactics in a
  rhetorical game.  I have responded with ridicule.  Please be pleased with
  the results.  Thank you and goodbye.
  
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