15 Nov 2007 (updated 25 Dec 2007 at 04:38 UTC)
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Traditionally, the role of a third-party or independent
candidate was to provide cover: a mainstream candidate could
point and say, "see, I'm no whacko -- there's your
whacko!" That's all turned on its head this year. Ron Paul
is pretty wacky, sure -- gold standard, anyone? -- but he's
nowhere near most of the "serious" GOP candidates. Even
Lyndon LaRouche seems sane, lately, by comparison.
wingo: It sounds like the R6RS people have done
something astonishingly sensible and mature, especially
considering their constituency. My prediction is that the
people who want to write useful programs in Scheme will
embrace R6RS joyfully, and the rest will continue doing
whatever the hell they've been doing. That seems like real
progress.