"Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull(a)sk.tsukuba.ac.jp&gt; writes: I did, and still do. True. This is one more area where Common Lisp is closer to elisp than Scheme is. Of course, even with Common Lisp, *some* change of mindset is required. For examples, global variables might have to be included in asterisks, the language will become case-insensitive by default, etc. I'm aware of that. Probably yes, with an extension library. I don't think it has been standardized, though. Good question. This is one more problem with Michael's proposal. If we were choosing Scheme, I would probably vote for Guile, to be compatible with many other free software project. But Michael doesn't like Guile. -- Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia --------------------------------+-------------------------------- Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.