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On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 08:15:17AM +0200, Dirk Herrmann wrote:
> [...]
> I wonder what people's objective is when they use these constructs?  Do
> you really want to construct two different top-level environments, where
> once the symbol has a definition and once it has not?  Are you (mis)using
> the definedness of a symbol as a means to communicate boolean values?
> 
> Do other scheme implementations allow this?
> 

Just a short testrun:

drscheme - no
elk      - yes
scheme48 - no
kali     - no
stalin   - no
bigloo   - yes

 Greetings 

     Ralf Mattes
 
> Best regards
> Dirk Herrmann
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