Re: #f vs. '() vs. nil

Jim Blandy (jimb@cyclic.com)
Fri, 6 Sep 1996 15:22:11 -0500

I'm concerned that loud voices are obscuring the true impact of this
decision, so I'd like to try looking at the issue another way.

I'd like to ask everyone who cares about this issue to send me a list
of existing Scheme packages of their acquaintence, indicating whether
or not they will work on an implementation in which #f and '() are the
same. I want to hear about packages that are:

- non-trivial (longer than 3000 lines)
- widely used (i.e. used outside the group their author works for)
- current (i.e. have had a new release in the last few years)

I just need the packages' names, and whether or not they require #f
and () to be distinguished.

Please send the results to guile-nil-poll@cyclic.com.

If you know of any other groups that would be interested in responding
to this poll (comp.lang.scheme? I don't have a news feed), please
forward it to them.