Re: [racket] expected at least one argument name after the function name

2010-11-15 Thread Stephen Bloch
On Nov 12, 2010, at 4:54 PM, Jim Wise wrote: > I've noticed that beginning student language does not allow definition > of a function which takes no arguments > It's not obvious to me why this is the case. I can sort of guess at the > reasoning, and it makes some sense -- such a function is

Re: [racket] expected at least one argument name after the function name

2010-11-12 Thread Jim Wise
Wow -- knew about HtDP 2e, but didn't know about Bootstrap at all -- this looks like it could be exactly what we need. Thanks, Sent from my iPhone. Digital signature available upon request. On Nov 12, 2010, at 16:59, Matthias Felleisen wrote: > > Try > > http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matth

Re: [racket] expected at least one argument name after the function name

2010-11-12 Thread Matthias Felleisen
Try http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/HtDP2e/index.html or http://www.bootstrapworld.org/ Sorry if you know about those -- Matthias _ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users

[racket] expected at least one argument name after the function name

2010-11-12 Thread Jim Wise
I've noticed that beginning student language does not allow definition of a function which takes no arguments. For instance: (define (foo) 3) => define: expected at least one argument name after the function name, but found none in: (foo) It's not obvious to me why this is the case. I c