On Mar 26, 2015, at 7:42 AM, Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hin...@fastmail.net> wrote:
> I must be missing something interesting. Is there some tutorial on the Rites
> of Racket? ;-)
I meant to address this one but a separate message is better anyway.
Here we go:
0. open drracket
1. type "("
2. hit <return>
3. stare at the two spaces of indentation in sheer amazement
4. relax, type ")"
Smile. Now you're a Racketeer.
[See sub-module in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9261073 ]
;;
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> What strikes me is that the manifesto gives a very different view of
> Racket than the Racket Web site does.
A web site is an ad. It is for the programmer looking for a productive
tool. As such, the site needs to clarify that
-- Racket is an ordinary programming language
(see sentence 1 in section 3)
-- it brings something to the table that is an increment over others
(full-spectrum)
(see section 4 plus section 5)
-- you can do truly unusual things with it (grow your language)
(see section 3)
The "pedagogy" of an ad calls for very different orderings that the painting of
a
big picture for people who explore the intellectual landscape of programming
languages
(as a whole and in principle) (especially w/o every programming much beyond
latex).
So please keep context in mind when you read our prose.
-- Matthias
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