[racket-users] what are hash impersonators good for?

2017-11-04 Thread Matthew Butterick
Every time I think I have a good use for hash impersonators, it turns out they don't work the way I expect. So I'll invert the question: in what situation is a hash impersonator the best tool for the job? (Or, have they been eclipsed by other language features like `gen:dict`?) IIUC, `imper

Re: [racket-users] what are hash impersonators good for?

2017-11-04 Thread Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
I think the primary thing they've ended up being for is contracts, which is why they were originally created. The restrictions you mention, plus the dictionary interface, have meant that they don't get used much for other things. Sam On Nov 4, 2017 1:25 PM, "Matthew Butterick" wrote: > Every ti

[racket-users] Racket PPA updated for v6.11

2017-11-04 Thread Asumu Takikawa
Hi everyone, The Ubuntu PPA has been updated for v6.11. The PPA is available here: https://launchpad.net/~plt/+archive/ubuntu/racket It's currently available for zesty and artful. Builds for xenial and trusty should go up later hopefully. Cheers, Asumu -- You received this message because y

[racket-users] downloading racketcon videos

2017-11-04 Thread Neil Van Dyke
If you want to download videos of RacketCon and Inside Racket Seminar (such as to put them on your gym video device), I've found that Unix shell scripts like these are an easy way: http://www.neilvandyke.org/racket/download-racketcon-2014-videos.sh http://www.neilvandyke.org/racket/download-rac