Re: [racket-users] the Racket manifesto

2015-03-24 Thread Matthew Butterick
Care for a banana, Neil? But seriously, what a terrific document to put together. Thank you for this. Racket's combination of long-term planning and near-term nimbleness is without peer. On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Robby Findler wrote: > I consider this title a form of self-mockery, don't

Re: [racket-users] the Racket manifesto

2015-03-24 Thread Robby Findler
I consider this title a form of self-mockery, don't you know. Robby On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 9:34 PM, Neil Van Dyke wrote: > Shortly after I declare that Racket is not a cult, Racket goes and issues a > manifesto. > > Neil V. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [racket-users] the Racket manifesto

2015-03-24 Thread Neil Van Dyke
Shortly after I declare that Racket is not a cult, Racket goes and issues a manifesto. Neil V. -- 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+uns

[racket-users] the Racket manifesto

2015-03-24 Thread Matthias Felleisen
We have just submitted the Racket manifesto for publication. If you'd like to take a look at what has been on our mind, here is scribbled version: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/Tmp/manifesto/ The PDF is linked in. -- Matthias Typos/scribbelos: to matth...@ccs.neu.edu Commen

Re: [racket-users] #lang plai define-type for immutable structs?

2015-03-24 Thread Jay McCarthy
define-type comes from when structures were by default mutable. It would be bad to switch the default, since PLAI relies on it when teaching recursion. It would be possible to add a #:immutable keyword. Jay On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Alexander D. Knauth wrote: > I just noticed that define

Re: [racket-users] apply: pass keywords to function?

2015-03-24 Thread Alexander D. Knauth
On Mar 22, 2015, at 7:42 PM, George Neuner wrote: > I thought about case-lambda, but it doesn't permit keywords like a > normal lambda. For that: http://pkg-build.racket-lang.org/doc/hash-lambda-toc/keyword-case-lambda.html Although I’m not sure how it would help for this case. > I've tri