Re: [racket] Racket v5.92

2014-02-12 Thread Ryan Culpepper
Yes, the 64-bit linux build will use Ubuntu 12.04 starting with Racket v6.0. Ryan On 01/28/2014 04:16 AM, Tobias Hammer wrote: Great new version! I noticed that there is only a build for ubuntu platform. Will at least one of the other (older distribution) ones come back? Also the builds for u

Re: [racket] Is racket suitable for such a project?

2014-02-12 Thread Robby Findler
Oh, right. And your numbers are 4-5x better than mine, (presumably because linux's filesystem is faster than mac os x's). Robby On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote: > I think you mean `racket/init` in the second version, right? > > For me, I get (slightly edited for cla

Re: [racket] Is racket suitable for such a project?

2014-02-12 Thread Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Robby Findler wrote: > And your numbers are 4-5x better than mine, (presumably because linux's > filesystem is faster than mac os x's). Yes, and I have a generally too-fast computer. Sam Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/us

Re: [racket] Is racket suitable for such a project?

2014-02-12 Thread Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
I think you mean `racket/init` in the second version, right? For me, I get (slightly edited for clarity): $ echo '(exit)' | time racket -vl racket/base -e '(read-eval-print-loop)' Welcome to Racket v6.0.0.2. > 0.02user 0.01system 0:00.03elapsed vs $ echo '(exit)' | time racket -vl racket/in

Re: [racket] Is racket suitable for such a project?

2014-02-12 Thread Robby Findler
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:11 AM, Neil Van Dyke wrote: > > The Racket VM startup time is longer than it used to be, and I no longer > use it often as a quick command-line calculator. (If filesystem and > libraries aren't in Linux caches, it's almost 4 seconds before REPL prompt > on my workstatio

Re: [racket] #lang racket vs. racket/base

2014-02-12 Thread Robby Findler
Looks like most of the size increase from racket/date is that you're pulling in the contract system. Still, there was some dead code in that file whose removal let me remove a few requires from it (eliminating a dependency on racket/match, since none of the things racket/date requires require it).

Re: [racket] #lang racket vs. racket/base

2014-02-12 Thread Manfred Lotz
On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 06:07:17 -0700 Matthew Flatt wrote: > At Wed, 12 Feb 2014 06:02:30 +0100, Manfred Lotz wrote: > > I just read Neil van Dyke's statement: > > > > < "#lang racket" is for demos, IMHO; I *always* use "#lang > > racket/base" < for any code that's not a demo. > > > > Question: Wh

Re: [racket] #lang racket vs. racket/base

2014-02-12 Thread Greg Hendershott
Although I could be mistaken about any/all of the following, I'll go out on a limb -- and once there, jump up and down. > < "#lang racket" is for demos, IMHO; I *always* use "#lang racket/base" > < for any code that's not a demo. > > Question: What are the advantages of doing requires explicitly?

Re: [racket] #lang racket vs. racket/base

2014-02-12 Thread Matthew Flatt
At Wed, 12 Feb 2014 06:02:30 +0100, Manfred Lotz wrote: > I just read Neil van Dyke's statement: > > < "#lang racket" is for demos, IMHO; I *always* use "#lang racket/base" > < for any code that's not a demo. > > Question: What are the advantages of doing requires explicitly? > > In a program o