Re: [racket-users] Advice for beginner

2020-09-08 Thread 'John Clements' via Racket Users
Can you be more specific? Are there particular programs that you can point to? 
I think the solution to your problem is going to depend a bit on the kind of 
slowdowns that you’re seeing.

Best,

John Clements


> On Sep 7, 2020, at 05:04, Denis Maier  wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've started working with the Htdp textbook as I'd like to acquire a solid 
> foundation in (functional) programming. The approach to teaching programming 
> looks very promising. Having this ressource available online for free is 
> absolutely amazing. Thank you.
> 
> One slight annoyance I came across: I've found running code snippets with the 
> beginning languages rather slow, much slower than with `#lang racket`. Why is 
> that? Anything I could do to make that more performant? (Actually, running 
> simple racket snippets is much faster in the REPL than with DrRacket. Is 
> there a way to use the BSLs on the command line?)
> 
> Or: Could I just use work through the textbook with `#lang racket`? How 
> different is racket from the student languages? Are they subsets, i.e. will 
> everything that works in those languages also work with racket proper?
> 
> 
> All the best,
> Denis Maier
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Re: [racket-users] Advice for beginner

2020-09-08 Thread Ben Greenman
The student languages are not subsets of Racket.


On 9/7/20, Denis Maier  wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've started working with the Htdp textbook as I'd like to acquire a solid
> foundation in (functional) programming. The approach to teaching
> programming looks very promising. Having this ressource available online
> for free is absolutely amazing. Thank you.
>
> One slight annoyance I came across: I've found running code snippets with
> the beginning languages rather slow, much slower than with `#lang racket`.
> Why is that? Anything I could do to make that more performant? (Actually,
> running simple racket snippets is much faster in the REPL than with
> DrRacket. Is there a way to use the BSLs on the command line?)
>
> Or: Could I just use work through the textbook with `#lang racket`? How
> different is racket from the student languages? Are they subsets, i.e. will
>
> everything that works in those languages also work with racket proper?
>
>
> All the best,
> Denis Maier
>
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