Re: [racket] realm of racket (roar!)

2012-11-16 Thread Eric Tanter
The following works: $ echo '#lang racket "hello world"' > hw.rkt $ racket hw.rkt "hello world" ie. racket is a multi-language language, so you must first tell it in what language you're writing. That's of course an overhead compared to mono-language languages ;) -- Éric On Nov 16, 2012, at

Re: [racket] realm of racket (roar!)

2012-11-16 Thread Robby Findler
More work! :) On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Grant Rettke wrote: > What is in it for the Racket maintainers to have it gain popularity? > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Ray Racine wrote: >> I liked it overall. Racket has advanced so rapidly over the last few years, >> it really needs to

Re: [racket] realm of racket (roar!)

2012-11-16 Thread Grant Rettke
What is in it for the Racket maintainers to have it gain popularity? On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Ray Racine wrote: > I liked it overall. Racket has advanced so rapidly over the last few years, > it really needs to be re-introduced and hopefully will gain a footing and > some sort of viral

Re: [racket] realm of racket (roar!)

2012-11-16 Thread Ray Racine
I liked it overall. Racket has advanced so rapidly over the last few years, it really needs to be re-introduced and hopefully will gain a footing and some sort of viral growth. Marketing is persistence. On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Matthias Felleisen wrote: > > It is a pleasure to share so

Re: [racket] realm of racket (roar!)

2012-11-16 Thread Anthony Carrico
Also, the example doesn't work: $ echo '"hello world"' > hw.rkt $ racket hw.rkt default-load-handler: expected a `module' declaration found: something else in: # context...: standard-module-name-resolver -- Anthony Carrico signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___

Re: [racket] realm of racket (roar!)

2012-11-16 Thread Anthony Carrico
I hate to say it but after an initial laugh, that video strikes me as mostly just snarky and dishonest. A literal isn't the same thing as I/O, and brevity doesn't have much to do with why I like Racket. What is the point? Maybe it would make sense with some context. Sorry if my reaction bothers an

Re: [racket] realm of racket (roar!)

2012-11-14 Thread Grant Rettke
Congrats. The Java guy should have a UML model and a couple of patterns like a HelloWorldFactory and a HelloFlyweight built in, too. giggle. On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Matthias Felleisen wrote: > > It is a pleasure to share some news about Realm of Racket with everyone here. > The complet