[plt-scheme] xxx chooses MzScheme as preferred language

From: Matthias Felleisen (matthias at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Wed May 31 08:33:14 EDT 2006

On May 31, 2006, at 3:33 AM, Paulo J. Matos wrote:

> You win/lose by a few seconds. Initially I proposed the development of 
> an extension of SAT (SMT) solvers to the group in Scheme which was 
> neglected, and worse people made fun of me for a week, since C++ is 
> the way to go, they say.

They were right though I have heard of Scheme implementations that are 
supposedly competitive with C++ but nobody has ever seen them at work 
;-) Some compiler writers promise a lot.

> However, I must say that other than this kind of development with 
> severe efficiency needs, PLT Scheme is the way to go.

Exactly. -- Matthias



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