Re: lisp v. scheme macros

[Michael Vanier <mvanier@bbb.caltech.edu>]

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> From: Shriram Krishnamurthi <sk@cs.brown.edu>
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> Doug Orleans wrote:
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> > After developing in Larceny for a while, I was surprised when moving
> > to MzScheme that define-syntax wasn't in the default language.
> 
> That's partly because DEFINE-SYNTAX tends to go (but doesn't have to)
> with SYNTAX-RULES, and SYNTAX-RULES sucks.  I don't understand the
> logic behind it (well, I can see why it was in R4, but not R5), but it
> baffles me that the RnRS collective codified SYNTAX-RULES into a
> standard in place of the far superior SYNTAX-CASE.  Anyway, Matthew
> has now implemented SYNTAX-CASE.  Use the CVS version and you will be
> surprised no longer.
> 
> Shriram
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Is there a document describing the difference?

Mike