Re: [racket-users] Re: Racket v7.3.0.900 is available for testing

2019-07-26 Thread Alex Harsanyi
I can install the windows version of Racket CS and DrRacket (and my program) runs fine, however when I try to run "raco" I get a message windows with the "Can't find C:\Program FIles\Racket\.\racket.exe": I have no extra packages installed or migrated to this installation. Alex. On Friday,

[racket-users] possible bug related to syntax-shift-phase-level

2019-07-26 Thread Yongming Shen
Hi, It seems that after an identifier has been shifted by syntax-shift-phase-level, the original identifier can bind the shifted identifier, but not the other way around. I think the correct behavior is that neither should bind the other. The following code can be used to test this.

Re: [racket-users] Racket2 on a ubiquitous platform [was the case, and a proposal, for elegant syntax in #lang racket2]

2019-07-26 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 03:03:02AM +0800, stewart mackenzie wrote: > > If you want to Racket2 popular make it easy for users to get the > programmer's responsive applications and programmers will come in > droves. Drop Chez, reimplement the Racket interpreter in Rust and > target it at WASM. I

Re: [racket-users] on reducing barriers in the Racket community

2019-07-26 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 02:59:03AM -0700, Jérôme Martin wrote: > On Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 9:39:08 PM UTC+2, Atlas Atlas wrote: > > For example men in general more aggressive then women, they also pursue > different social goals. You cannot ignore this, or blame the men for what > they are.

Re: [racket-users] Re: Racket2 possibilities

2019-07-26 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 02:41:31AM -0700, Sepand Meenu wrote: > I have approached Racket mainly from a computational perspective (physics > and math), and I've found parentheses so far _not_ much of a distraction or > annoyance. Actually, as far as the parens reduce the amount of syntactical >

Re: [racket-users] Re: Racket2 possibilities

2019-07-26 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 01:28:24AM -0700, Mike G. wrote: > Opinions are like belly buttons, and I'd like to show you two of mine (as in > that terrible Gene Roddenberry film). > > I very much like the overall goals of making Racket more consistent and more > generic. They strike me as reforms

Re: [racket-users] Re: The case, and a proposal, for elegant syntax in #lang racket2

2019-07-26 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 09:42:10PM -0400, Greg Hendershott wrote: > > This makes me wonder if some experienced programmers dislike simple > syntax, not just because it is unfamiliar to them, but also because it > is too simple to serve as an effective in-group filter. If humanities > students are

[racket-users] FYI there is a #racket2 channel on the racket slack

2019-07-26 Thread Stephen De Gabrielle
There is a #racket2 channel on the racket slack: https://racket.slack.com/archives/C06V96CKX/p156415778811 The Racket Slack is at https://racket.slack.com/ visit http://racket-slack.herokuapp.com/ to sign up -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[racket-users] Andy Keep's "Writing a Nanopass Compiler" talk

2019-07-26 Thread Brian Adkins
I found Andy Keep's 2013 talk about writing a nanopass compiler super interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os7FE3J-U5Q Brian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails

Re: [racket-users] Re: Racket v7.3.0.900 is available for testing

2019-07-26 Thread Matthew Flatt
At Tue, 23 Jul 2019 18:50:57 -0600, Matthew Flatt wrote: > At Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:47:35 -0700 (PDT), Alex Harsanyi wrote: > > I installed the windows version of the Racket CS build and, when trying to > > run DrRacket I get the following error in a console: > > > > variable force-unfasl is not

[racket-users] back to our regularly scheduled programming

2019-07-26 Thread Matthew Flatt
Thank you, everyone, for a wide-ranging discussion on Racket2, syntax, and more! The future-of-Racket discussion should continue, but lets' move it off the racket-users mailing list. The two best places to continue are https://github.com/racket/racket2-rfcs https://racket.slack.com/ on

Re: [racket-users] a question related to bound-identifier=?

2019-07-26 Thread Matthew Flatt
At Thu, 25 Jul 2019 18:55:18 -0700 (PDT), Yongming Shen wrote: > Based on my understanding, (bound-identifier=? id-a id-b) only returns true > if id-a would bind id-b AND id-b would bind id-a. Also based on my > understanding, id-a will bind id-b doesn't imply that id-b will bind id-a. > So, if

[racket-users] Final call for draft papers for IFL 2019 (Implementation and Application of Functional Languages)

2019-07-26 Thread Jurriaan Hage
Hello, Please, find below the final call for draft papers for IFL 2019. Please forward these to anyone you think may be interested. Apologies for any duplicates you may receive. best regards, Jurriaan Hage Publicity Chair of IFL

Re: [racket-users] on reducing barriers in the Racket community

2019-07-26 Thread Jérôme Martin
On Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 9:39:08 PM UTC+2, Atlas Atlas wrote: > For example men in general more aggressive then women, they also pursue different social goals. You cannot ignore this, or blame the men for what they are. You also cannot ignore the fact that people in general driven by their

[racket-users] Re: Racket2 possibilities

2019-07-26 Thread Sepand Meenu
I have approached Racket mainly from a computational perspective (physics and math), and I've found parentheses so far _not_ much of a distraction or annoyance. Actually, as far as the parens reduce the amount of syntactical complexity, I am in favour of them (compared to the nasty syntactical

Re: [racket-users] Re: Racket2 possibilities

2019-07-26 Thread Mike G.
Opinions are like belly buttons, and I'd like to show you two of mine (as in that terrible Gene Roddenberry film). I very much like the overall goals of making Racket more consistent and more generic. They strike me as reforms of the language. I wonder if adding these features would be too

Re: [racket-users] on reducing barriers in the Racket community

2019-07-26 Thread Mike G.
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 02:10:44PM -0400, Neil Van Dyke wrote: > Atlas, I will have to think more about your message, but I think you're > right to suggest that FAANGs might be part of a problem Perhaps I'm the only one, but I had no idea what "FAANG" meant. For similar folks: "FAANG is an