Thanks for sending this, again. I was writing a response very much along these lines when your post came in.
1. No, we cannot and will not replace all tools. Quite the opposite, I foresee a future in which we will produce many more tools. [Your effort will make me think twice before I write a DrRacket or a Racket tool.] 2. Yes, we will reconsider every tool and question whether it is a tool or ought to be a linguistic construct We will question whether it is a mandatory part of the tool chain or whether it is an option. Finding this balance is hard, and the essay couldn't address this point well. [I may try my hand on a clarification if I find time today.] On Mar 26, 2015, at 9:45 AM, Greg Hendershott <greghendersh...@gmail.com> wrote: > I didn't understand the manifesto as saying Racket should try to be a > lisp machine or OS (we already have Emacs for that :)) or that all > external tools are bad (despite what I wrote quickly; sorry). Instead > I understood it to mean, let's minimize gratuitous tools that do stuff > that would be more naturally handled in the langauge itself. > > I've used languages where you have to Create a Project before you can > write hello, world. I've used languages that assume you'll use their > special IDE, to the point where it's challenging to be effective using > Emacs. I've used languages where source files are littered with > "auto-generated code" and "change this part but not that part!" > comments. > > I understood the manifesto to mean, hey, we can do better than that. > Even if we can't do better 100% of the time, let's make that as the > starting assumption and the eventual goal. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
