To riff on Will's message: In the Bootstrap:Algebra <https://www.bootstrapworld.org/materials/algebra/> materials, we use Racket syntax because it's a powerful pedagogic device. Recently, for various reasons, we've ported this over to another language called Pyret (while also maintaining the Racket version; it hasn't been deprecated).
Pyret has an almost-traditional infix syntax. It turns out infix is actually much worse for the concepts we try to teach in that curriculum. Of course it can be done, but the irregularity of infix — which is barely noticed or even appreciated in some contexts — is a real headache there. We have to work against it, rather than it working for us. So, especially in education: (a) the subtleties of syntax are manifold and sometimes unexpected (b) there's an enduring value to our (beloved) syntax, so it'll never go away (-: Shriram -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CAJUf2yStc3nWr6rra5OBoEMkXq7xRccocBccmUBzpXX_NiT4gQ%40mail.gmail.com.
