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From: Nils M Holm <nmh@sraddha.invalid>
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Subject: Re: X in every language syndrome
Date: 15 Jul 2024 19:17:28 GMT
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George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> wrote:
> I defer to your knowledge of the history.  8-)

8)

> I thought it was an R5 I was using because it had syntax-rules, but
> re-reading the R_RS docs, I see that R4 could have had them as an
> extension.

R4RS described define-syntax, syntax-rules, etc in an appendix. I think
the system was pretty much identical to what became "official" in R5RS,
but I am not entirely sure, because I have always prefered the low-level,
LISP defmacro-style macros, which many R4RS implementations also offered.

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