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On Jan 23, 2006, at 4:16 PM, Alan Watson wrote:
bear wrote:So I think that what we have here is motivated by one problem -- implementations that don't provide the full numeric tower -- proposes a minimum ground on which to solve it, and provides the solution given that minimum ground. There is no reason once the solution is in place to leave that ground exposed.I agree.I applaud the authors of SRFI-77 for providing the tools to solve an important problem (implementing the full tower). However, once they've solved the problem, I'd like them to put their tools away tidily.
I don't like metaphors, as I'm tempted to reply in kind, and I find that I'm not nearly as poetic as others.
So let me just say---these tools are useful in many other application domains, not just in building the full numeric tower, and I want them available for use in these other application domains.
Brad