Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!att!pacbell.com!ames!bionet!agate!shelby!neon!neon!gumby From: gumby@Cygnus.COM (David Vinayak Wallace) Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme Subject: Scheme standard approved Message-ID: Date: 12 Dec 90 13:22:59 GMT References: <9012101321.aa19682@mc.lcs.mit.edu> <440@data.UUCP> Sender: news@Neon.Stanford.EDU (USENET News System) Organization: Cygnus Support Lines: 22 In-Reply-To: kend@data.UUCP's message of 11 Dec 90 22:49:40 GMT Date: 11 Dec 90 22:49:40 GMT From: kend@data.UUCP (Ken Dickey) ted@nmsu.edu (Ted Dunning) writes: >In article <9012101321.aa19682@mc.lcs.mit.edu> chaynes@SUNFISH.CS.INDIANA.EDU (Chris Haynes) writes: > ... > In accordance with IEEE policy, drafts of the standard will no > longer be distributed by MIT and Indiana University. >does this mean that the draft will no longer be available via ftp? >if so, isn't this a giant leap backwards for the scheme community? A major goal in doing the standard...was to be a subset of the R^4RS. Is the IEEE standard a proper subset of the R^4RS (pardon me for not knowing this already?). If so and the bounds are marked within it then we can always snarf the R*S and use it. Those who MUST have the IEE spec (like Scheme companies) can get by with a single copy... What a great way to circumvent the stupid rules standards organizations have!