Re: [racket] Neophyte Alert

2011-08-31 Thread Matthias Felleisen
On Aug 31, 2011, at 4:43 PM, Jukka Tuominen wrote: > >> >> A few minutes ago, Neil Van Dyke wrote: >>> Josh Tilles wrote at 08/31/2011 01:03 PM: -- Is there any sort of general practice or prevailing taste in when to use (for example) *null* vs *empty* vs *(list)*? What about *(let >>

Re: [racket] Neophyte Alert

2011-08-31 Thread Jukka Tuominen
> > A few minutes ago, Neil Van Dyke wrote: > > Josh Tilles wrote at 08/31/2011 01:03 PM: > > > -- Is there any sort of general practice or prevailing taste in when > > > to use (for example) *null* vs *empty* vs *(list)*? What about *(let > > > ([...]))* vs *(local (define ...))*? > > > > I think

Re: [racket] Neophyte Alert

2011-08-31 Thread Eli Barzilay
A few minutes ago, Neil Van Dyke wrote: > Josh Tilles wrote at 08/31/2011 01:03 PM: > > -- Is there any sort of general practice or prevailing taste in when > > to use (for example) *null* vs *empty* vs *(list)*? What about *(let > > ([...]))* vs *(local (define ...))*? > > I think most people d

Re: [racket] Neophyte Alert

2011-08-31 Thread Neil Van Dyke
Josh Tilles wrote at 08/31/2011 01:03 PM: Dear Racketeers, I'm (comparatively) young, and so also not familiar with the social protocols of IRC & newsgroups in the world of software development. Just ask questions. That's what everyone does, as you'll see from skimming the email list archive

Re: [racket] Neophyte Alert

2011-08-31 Thread John Clements
On Aug 31, 2011, at 10:03 AM, Josh Tilles wrote: > Dear Racketeers, > I'm (comparatively) young, and so also not familiar with the social protocols > of IRC & newsgroups in the world of software development. My basic question > is whether there is a place that explains the etiquette of interact

Re: [racket] Neophyte Alert

2011-08-31 Thread Eli Barzilay
Two hours ago, Josh Tilles wrote: > I'm (comparatively) young, and so also not familiar with the social > protocols of IRC & newsgroups in the world of software > development. My basic question is whether there is a place that > explains the etiquette of interacting with the Racket & PLT > communit