On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 6:17 PM, Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: > While we were talking about "core" and non-"core"packages, there was > controversy. Now that we have changed words, and are talking about > "rings", we seem to be happier. What a difference a word makes! Or > is there a technical distinction I am missing?
I think most people read "core" as "made by people who are in Matthias Felleisen's academic family tree", but the idea of "ring" is that there's some quasi-objective standard that anyone can meet and get blessed by the community as a great package. Jay -- Jay McCarthy Associate Professor PLT @ CS @ UMass Lowell http://jeapostrophe.github.io "Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great." - D&C 64:33 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
