On Oct 1, 2011, at 7:28 PM, Prabhakar Ragde wrote:
> On 10/1/11 8:33 AM, Todd O'Bryan wrote:
>> I actually wish it weren't in there. One student discovers it, and
>> lots of students start using list instead of cons ... empty. That
>> wouldn't be a problem except that most of them don't have the
On 10/1/11 8:33 AM, Todd O'Bryan wrote:
I actually wish it weren't in there. One student discovers it, and
lots of students start using list instead of cons ... empty. That
wouldn't be a problem except that most of them don't have the
conceptual chops yet and I have to fix their confusion.
Yes.
On Oct 1, 2011, at 8:33 AM, "Todd O'Bryan" wrote:
> I actually wish it weren't in there. One student discovers it, and
> lots of students start using list instead of cons ... empty.
OTOH, once I DO introduce it, it's really nice to be able to write
(cons 1 (cons 2 (cons 3 empty)))
and
(list 1 2
I actually wish it weren't in there. One student discovers it, and
lots of students start using list instead of cons ... empty. That
wouldn't be a problem except that most of them don't have the
conceptual chops yet and I have to fix their confusion.
Todd
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Stephen
Yah but when did the "beginner-abbr" language come into existence? I
didnt see it in any previous versions:
http://download.plt-scheme.org/doc/103p1/html/
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Robby Findler
wrote:
> That's 200 versions in! :)
>
> Robby
>
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Stephen
That's 200 versions in! :)
Robby
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Stephen Chang wrote:
> Seems like it's been there since the beginning:
>
> http://download.plt-scheme.org/doc/200/html/beginning/list.html
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Prabhakar Ragde wrote:
>> When did `list' sneak i
It has been there for a long time. Think of it as a tease and of 'abbreviation'
as quote, and friends.
On Sep 30, 2011, at 5:47 PM, Prabhakar Ragde wrote:
> When did `list' sneak its way into Beginning Student (without List
> Abbreviations)? Or has it always been there, and I have always bee
Seems like it's been there since the beginning:
http://download.plt-scheme.org/doc/200/html/beginning/list.html
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Prabhakar Ragde wrote:
> When did `list' sneak its way into Beginning Student (without List
> Abbreviations)? Or has it always been there, and I have
When did `list' sneak its way into Beginning Student (without List
Abbreviations)? Or has it always been there, and I have always been just
clueless? Thanks. --PR
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