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From: smcl@sytex.com (Scott McLoughlin)
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jaffer@zurich.ai.mit.edu (Aubrey Jaffer) writes:

> 
> 
> I am a guest and *not* a member of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab.
>       My actions and comments do not reflect in any way on MIT.
> --
> I am a guest and *not* a member of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab.
>       My actions and comments do not reflect in any way on MIT.

Howdy,
        This is _truly_ pathetic that it has come to this.  If 
anyone is "jealous" it is the recent attackers of Aubrey Jaffer
and SCM.  Look guys and gals, SCM _won_ and Aubrey Jaffer is
to be complemented for writing/maintaining/organising the
SCM/SLIB effort to date.
        Critics might ask themselves _why_ SCM was 
selected and not their own favorite implementation. I have
a few guesses (longevity, portable, comprehensible source,
user base, small size, portable (including DOS, Atari ST and
Amiga), fast enough, etc.) but no one's asking.
        Anyway, congrat's to SCM and its author. Live long
and prosper.  

p.s. If other Scheme authors out there are desperate for a
large user base port the damn thing to Windows, include
a FFI and GUI binding and send it off to cica.cica.indiana.edu.
Write a Dr. Dobb's Journal article and wait for the gadzillion
"what's Scheme?" emails to come your way. Popularity has its
costs.

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Scott McLoughlin
Conscious Computing
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