[plt-scheme] Why do MzScheme ports not respect the locale's encoding by default?

Alex Shinn <foof at synthcode.com> writes:
> This is indeed the real problem.  You have to choose between backwards
> compatibility (with no means of breaking away) and consistency and
> forwards compatibility.  Since Scheme places less emphasis on
> compatibility and more emphasis on doing things right, I think the
> latter is preferable.

Just for my sake, can you spell out the specific design options you
feel represent the two alternatives you present there?