Thanks, Jay! This is great news. After my dissertation defense next week, I imagine I'll be putting Planet 2 to the test.
Carl Eastlund On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Jay McCarthy <jay.mccar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Now that the 5.3.1 release is finished, I've just pushed the beta release > of Planet 2 to the Racket core. > > I've tried to answer all questions and explain everything about Planet 2 > in the documentation, which I've uploaded a copy of here: > > http://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~jay/tmp/20121108-pkgs/planet2/index.html > > In particular, it explains what the plan is to go from this beta release > to the final release. > > If you currently have packages on Planet 1, I am excited to help you make > the transition to Planet 2. (I am currently in the process of converting my > packages.) Please do not hesitate to let me know how I can help. > > This represents the third iteration of the design of Planet 2. (The first > was worked on from August 10, 2010 to March 11, 2011. The second in July > 2011. The third from August 2011 until now, although coding didn't begin > until December 2011.) > > Enjoy, > > Jay > > p.s. In the implementation, I'm particularly proud of the little language > for defining command-line interfaces with matching functions (see > planet2/main.rkt for a use) and the testing infrastructure that allows you > to run sequences of shell commands and check their output (see > tests/planet2/tests-install.rkt for a nice example.) > > -- > Jay McCarthy <j...@cs.byu.edu> > Assistant Professor / Brigham Young University > http://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~jay > > "The glory of God is Intelligence" - D&C 93 > > _________________________ > Racket Developers list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev > >
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