On Jun 21, 2015, at 2:54 PM, Alexis King wrote:
>> I guess I could add a close-on-stop clauses for programmers >> such as your son but it sounds almost like he's ready to move >> on to racket proper, as in use the Windowing API directly. > > FWIW, despite big-bang’s position as a teaching tool, I much prefer it over > using the Windowing API directly, considering it provides a pure interface > for working with real-time graphical applications. I like big-bang’s approach > to that problem, and I’ve found myself using it many times due to its ease of > use. In contrast, racket/gui is frustratingly imperative. Yes, many people have told me that and I think it's time for me to factor universe and provide the underlying layer for Racketeers (which means less error checking and more idiomatic syntax). -- Matthias p.s. You never know what you get when you design a DSL for beginners. Real people may end up liking it. -- 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.
