Re: [racket-users] Re: Need help with parallelizing a procedure

2018-01-13 Thread Matthias Felleisen
> On Jan 13, 2018, at 11:14 AM, Zelphir Kaltstahl > wrote: > > Anyway, I hope to understand how the Y-combinator works with the help of "The > Little Schemer", which I am reading currently. I am not at that chapter yet. > I am taking my time, first thinking through the stuff and later typing

Re: [racket-users] Re: Need help with parallelizing a procedure

2017-08-22 Thread George Neuner
On 8/22/2017 6:08 AM, Zelphir Kaltstahl wrote: Will "The Seasoned Schemer" be understandable for people who did not read the "The Little Schemer"? And is what is in there directly applicable in Racket (I guess it is, because of Racket's background, but I better ask beforehand!) Yes, and sor

Re: [racket-users] Re: Need help with parallelizing a procedure

2017-08-19 Thread George Neuner
On 8/19/2017 6:16 AM, Zelphir Kaltstahl wrote: I looked at the code for a while again and think I now begin to understand it a bit more: I did not know `(let/ec` so I had to read about it. It says, that it is equivalent to `(call/ec proc` or something, which is equivalent to `(call-with-escap

Re: [racket-users] Re: Need help with parallelizing a procedure

2017-08-16 Thread George Neuner
On 8/16/2017 3:34 PM, Zelphir Kaltstahl wrote: Just a few quick questions regarding the places code: 1. Is `?` like `if`? For me it says that it is an undefined identifier. Um? ... I think that probably is a lambda glyph that didn't render for you. If you are looking at (let [ (