Re: [racket-users] Gear VR

2015-07-02 Thread Gabriel Laddel
> (however, the flexibility of the win seems to fight with static typing, > perhaps at a fundamental level, in my limited typed-racket experience so far > -- a good topic for discussion?). Details please? Yes, this is a wonderful topic for discussion. > Most users of this particular system wil

Re: [racket-users] Gear VR

2015-07-02 Thread Gabriel Laddel
> (however, the flexibility of the win seems to fight with static typing, > perhaps at a fundamental level, in my limited typed-racket experience so far > -- a good topic for discussion?). Details please? Yes, this is a wonderful topic for discussion. > Most users of this particular system wil

Re: [racket-users] Gear VR

2015-07-01 Thread Gabriel Laddel
*Sigh* While I'm happy to see John Carmack using a Lisp, you're missing the point. If you offer Lisp as a "scripting language" you'll fail to show off why *exactly* it's better. S-expressions shine because they save you from the entirely mechanical task of parsing. There are emergent properties