Re: Name of the standard library

[Attila Lendvai]

> > With no disrespect intended -- I understand it's a joke that was funny
> > at one time -- "the standard library of Guile is called ice-9" sounds
> > like "the unit of mass is called footballs". If so, why would a smart
> > newbie learn more?
> 
> 
> I did.
> 
> Did you not?


yeah, because guix. so i wouldn't draw too many conclusions from this fact 
alone.

as a seasoned CL hacker, and a naive scheme newbie, i once even asked why guix 
is not made portable on top of other schemes. my motivation was to get better 
debugging facilities than what guile provides. it was so far from my 
expectations that i considered it easier to port guix to another scheme.

(there's no need to educate me, though. since then i learned the differences 
between the CL and scheme worlds, and understood the effort it would take.)

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