[ERR5RS] Rationale and ease of use

[Lynn Winebarger]

On 9/8/07, AndrevanTonder <andre at het.brown.edu> wrote:
> This is only true in a REPL setting.  To extend this to a compiler-only
> Scheme implementation is possible, but would require the compiler to evaluate
> each definition before continuing to compile subsequent expressions.
> Imagine the following program:
>
>    (define pi-to-four-billion-digits
>      (calculation-taking-40-days))
>
>    (define-syntax format-result
>      (lambda (e) (syntax-case e -----)))
>
>    (format-result pi-to-four-billion-digits)

    I am slow.  Why is this issue not also a problem for:

(define-syntax format-result
    (lambda (e)
       (let loop () (loop))
       (syntax-case e -----)))

(format-result car)


Thanks,
Lynn