Hello,
The first example in this note is illegal in the D programming language:
http://lists.puremagic.com/pipermail/digitalmars-d/2010-August/081424.html
Coming from a Scheme background, I was surprised as this is allowed in
Scheme. I.e. this is the quivalent code in Scheme:
(let ((a 20))
(let ((a 30))
...))
Andrei Alexandrescu pointed out the rationale for this design decision here:
http://lists.puremagic.com/pipermail/digitalmars-d/2010-August/081430.html
It sounds like the D designers are "protecting" the programmers. The
Racket team is of course concerned with the "teachability" of their
languages and have experience with the known pitfalls in languages. So
my question is, do any Racket people agree with the rationale provided
by the D guys? In all your years of teaching Scheme/Racket, has this
situation of shadowing names been a problem? (I've always seen it as a
feature, even C supports it.)
Ed
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