[plt-scheme] Re: [Larceny-users] side effects in R6RS modules

On May  5, Michele Simionato wrote:
> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Robby Findler
> <robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
> > On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Michele Simionato
> > <michele.simionato at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> ..., but
> >> one must take extra care in Ikarus, because the compiler is
> >> very smart (those smart kids!)
> >
> > I mean no disrespect to Aziz & Ikarus (they are fine systems, both of
> > them ;), but I do not think that "smart" is the right label to apply
> > to a compiler that eliminates code whose effect is observable.
> 
> I look at it this in way: Aziz changed the meaning of the "import" form.
> In all systems (import (foo)) means "instantiate foo", but in Ikarus
> it means "have a look at module foo, but instantiate it only
> if it exports some variable which is actually used in the rest of
> the program".

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