I like the #lang format, but it doesn't work when I embed 5.0 in C programs. The 'modules' format works fine. Am I doing something wrong?
rac On May 14, 2011, at 8:32 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote: > Two hours ago, Shriram Krishnamurthi wrote: >> >> Much the same as, when I used to write lots of shell programs, I >> didn't really think about writing a #! on the first line, until >> there was some reason to know how the file was being interpreted, at >> which point I was glad I could just read it off the first line. >> >> #lang is just #! done right. Maybe it should be presented that way. >> (And then the Windows weenies will ask, "What's #!?"...) > > That's a *really* good analogy. It determines the language in a > similar way, and it's magical in a similar way. (That is, trying to > understand how it works involves obscure kernel level hacks for how > these files are considered executables, how they're being executed, > etc.) > > Making this analogy would probably be very useful for Elliott's case, > but even if you ignore the windows crowd I think that too few people > know about it enough to make it effective. > > -- > ((lambda (x) (x x)) (lambda (x) (x x))) Eli Barzilay: > http://barzilay.org/ Maze is Life! > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
