What about a "sort a list," or is that too academic? > -----Original Message----- > From: plt-dev-boun...@list.cs.brown.edu [mailto:plt-dev- > boun...@list.cs.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Flatt > Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 12:55 PM > To: plt-dev@list.cs.brown.edu > Subject: Re: [plt-dev] Racket web page > > Thanks for all the feedback! See below for a status update, and take a > quick look at the revised page: > > http://www.cs.utah.edu/~mflatt/tmp/r/www/ > > > I'm disappointed that we're getting so few 7-line program suggestions. > Please suggest more. > > The main guideline for a good example is that it should demonstrate > something that a programmer already wants to do. While I appreciate > Guillaume's suggestion, I don't think that "use functional hash tables" > is on many wish lists. In contrast, I think of "traverse a directory > tree", "create a web server", "create a GUI", and "produce documents" > as more concrete tasks that are easier for programmers to appreciate. > > That's just a guideline, and the "write static types" and "handle > infinite lists" examples are a bit indirect by that standard --- but > they're also language details that certain communities latch onto, > which is why think those work anyway. > > In any case, we need more good examples, and we especially need easy > examples like the first few. > > ---------------------------------------- > > Things fixed: > > * The bad intro text at the top left has been removed. > > * The Javascript bug that caused clicking the arrows to scroll > the page is now fixed. > > * The code is colorized and hyperlinked. > > * The initial example is likely to be simpler, since only the first > three are candidates to the initial example. (The examples are > always in the same order; only the starting position changes.) > > * The "?" panel explains the current example. > > * "Grow your Mind" => "Grow your Skills" > > Things not yet fixed: > > * We don't yet have good intro text for the top left. > > * The links still mostly go to documentation. (Unfortunately, I don't > see that changing before the release.) > > * Some text changes are still needed on pages other the front page. > > The were also some style suggestions that we'll consider further, > including an auto-advance for the slideshow. > > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-dev
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