They could even be different variations of DrRacket... drpyret.rkt: #lang drracket/template #lang pyret
and bam! New DrRacket binary. On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Stephen Chang <stch...@ccs.neu.edu> wrote: >> You could have different distributions also, with the appropriate default. >> Tell students to get the "picturing programs" drracket or the "Pyret" >> drracket, etc etc. > > This seems like the way to go. There won't be one optimal solution for > Racket's wide spectrum of users. > > There wouldn't even need to be different distributions, just different > installers right? Could an installer set the default language in the > prefs file? > > > > >> Students who have a hard time finding "choose a language" will also have >> decision confusion if given a big dialog of "find your class's preference in >> the haystack." >> -Ian >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Sam Tobin-Hochstadt" <sa...@cs.indiana.edu> >> To: "Matthias Felleisen" <matth...@ccs.neu.edu> >> Cc: "dev@racket-lang.org Dev" <dev@racket-lang.org> >> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 10:40:37 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >> Subject: Re: [racket-dev] actionable items, was: comments on "comments on >> learning Racket" >> >> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Matthias Felleisen >> <matth...@ccs.neu.edu> wrote: >>> >>> when drracket starts w/o a preference file, we pop up a radio menu: >>> >>> o Are you a student learning to program? >>> o Are you an experienced programmer learning to use Racket? >>> >>> Depending on which bullet the person checks, drracket starts in >>> BSL [#lang htdp/bsl, one day soon] or #lang racket. >> >> Another problem with this approach is that BSL is not the right choice >> for many people in the first category. They might be starting using >> DMDA, or Picturing Programs, or working on their own with SICP. In all >> of these cases, the language dialog needs to appear. >> >> Sam >> _________________________ >> Racket Developers list: >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev >> _________________________ >> Racket Developers list: >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev > _________________________ > Racket Developers list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev -- 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
