Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

Looks great! I should note that I added to the main page Influenced by Scheme,** Eiffel[2] ** I think the influence is implied by the contracts article- please correct me if I'm wrong... Cheers, Stephen On Friday, August 19, 2011, Joan Arnaldich wrote: > Eli Barzilay writes: > > >> I'

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

Eli Barzilay writes: > I've finished an overhaul of the whole page. It's now more detailed > and more coherent. If you have any major components (TR, web-server, > Redex, etc), feel free to improve the text and add more stuff. I have > the page backed up, and even if it is deleted I will add

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

7 hours ago, Stephen De Gabrielle wrote: > Hi, > > I just took a look at the Racket features page, and noticed a couple > of points that may be worth the effort. > > [forgive the rough nature, I've just thrown this together] > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racket_features I've finished an over

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

5 hours ago, Stephen De Gabrielle wrote: > Another avenue of interest my be the 'list of articles with > code/source' [...] I've created the category page, and added the category tag to the existing pages. Obviously, I've seen many pages with such small examples of variuos things, and added

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

Probably we should just license all those examples under a very permissive license. On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Robby Findler wrote: > You have my permission (not sure which ones I wrote exacty). > > Robby > > On Thursday, August 18, 2011, Joan Arnaldich wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> So adding

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

About a minute ago, Joan Arnaldich wrote: > Hi there, > > So adding the examples from the main page wasn't a good idea at > all. My fault. The following link: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright#Can_I_add_something_to_Wikipedia_that_I_got_from_somewhere_else > > states that

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

You have my permission (not sure which ones I wrote exacty). Robby On Thursday, August 18, 2011, Joan Arnaldich wrote: > Hi there, > > So adding the examples from the main page wasn't a good idea at > all. My fault. The following link: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright#Can

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

Hi there, So adding the examples from the main page wasn't a good idea at all. My fault. The following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright#Can_I_add_something_to_Wikipedia_that_I_got_f rom_somewhere_else.3F states that content under a GNU only license is NOT compatible wit

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

Another avenue of interest my be the 'list of articles with code/source' Wikipedia:List of articles with C programs Wikipedia:List of articles with Java source code

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

Hi, I just took a look at the Racket features page, and noticed a couple of points that may be worth the effort. [forgive the rough nature, I've just thrown this together] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racket_features It has the note: This article needs attention from an expert on the subject. S

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

On 2011-08-16 19:13:01 +, Joan Arnaldich wrote: > Thank you all for supporting the article. As for the editor, the main > article by Asumu is already *packed* with references that support > notability. Though I'd love to take the credit for this, I think John Clements started the article and

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote: > Two minutes ago, Joan Arnaldich wrote: >> >> Besides that, IMHO, I do think it is useful for readers interested >> in knowing more about a programming language (say, before deciding >> if they're going to invest some time learning it or not) t

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Two minutes ago, Joan Arnaldich wrote: > > Besides that, IMHO, I do think it is useful for readers interested > in knowing more about a programming language (say, before deciding > if they're going to invest some time learning it or not) to see > actual examples of this kind, without leaving wikip

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

Neil Van Dyke writes: > > The obvious response to a Wikipedia editor asserting that Racket is "not > very notable" is to say "citation needed". :) Mmmm... one could argue that it is impossible to prove non-existence of references... :P > But seriously, although it sounds like the editor's rat

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William Turtle writes: > > I've voiced my opinion on the subject and briefly explained the > languages mentioned. This `RHaworth' fellow seems like a bit of a > blowhard. His user page contains a (broken) link to his webpage which > states that he is "still very much a MsDos guy." That tells me

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

The obvious response to a Wikipedia editor asserting that Racket is "not very notable" is to say "citation needed". :) But seriously, although it sounds like the editor's rationale is tinged with opinion, it might also be the true that the page arguably doesn't really belong in Wikipedia, even

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

I've voiced my opinion on the subject and briefly explained the languages mentioned. This `RHaworth' fellow seems like a bit of a blowhard. His user page contains a (broken) link to his webpage which states that he is "still very much a MsDos guy." That tells me all /I/ need to know (not sure about

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

Links to the 'official' versions: On Aug 16, 2011, at 9:26 AM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote: > - Typed Racket: Tobin-Hochstadt and Felleisen, The Design and > Implementation of Typed Scheme http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1328486&CFID=36701334&CFTOKEN=85444695 http://portal.acm.org/citati

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On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Joan Arnaldich wrote: > Joan Arnaldich writes: > > >> I just added a wikipedia page with Racket code examples. Most of them >> come from Racket's main page. I tried to categorize it for application >> domains, and also added a section with examples on the differen

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

Joan Arnaldich writes: > I just added a wikipedia page with Racket code examples. Most of them > come from Racket's main page. I tried to categorize it for application > domains, and also added a section with examples on the different Racket > languages. > The wikipedia page with examples has b

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

Asumu Takikawa writes: > Suggestions: > -- More code examples (Haskell has a separate linked page for them) > -- Expanded features section (new page, linked from main page) I just added a wikipedia page with Racket code examples. Most of them come from Racket's main page. I tried to categorize

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

On Aug 11, 2011, at 9:13 AM, Neil Van Dyke wrote: > You'll see Racket discussion scattered in other forums around the Web, > usually with the ubiquitous and tireless Eli Barzilay participating, but I > think that "users@" is the overwhelmingly preferred place. Eli's omnipresence is fantastic a

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

On Aug 11, 2011, at 8:13 AM, Joan Arnaldich wrote: > Well, as I said, I'm pretty new to Racket, but so far there are two > main things that I think make it pretty unique: first one is > extensibility, which is very well covered in the article now. The > second one (always IMHO) is that, a part fr

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

Joan Arnaldich wrote at 08/11/2011 08:13 AM: As for the links section... maybe I would also add a section on applications and companies using Racket in production environments... As far as I know, there's One nice thing about Racket is that Racketeers mostly eat their own dogfood: DrRacket

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Well, as I said, I'm pretty new to Racket, but so far there are two main things that I think make it pretty unique: first one is extensibility, which is very well covered in the article now. The second one (always IMHO) is that, a part from having a solid theoretical basis, it is very practical (pr

Re: [racket] Wikipedia article improvements

Sorry, I forgot to include a link to the article in the last e-mail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racket_(programming_language) Cheers, Asumu _ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users

[racket] Wikipedia article improvements

I'd like to propose to update/improve the Wikipedia page for Racket. A few months ago it was mentioned on this list that the Wikipedia article about Racket is quite sparse. When I looked at it yesterday it was still pretty sparse. If a random programmer stumbled on it, the first sentence would inf