Re: [racket-users] Communicating the purpose of Racket (was: hackernews)

2018-12-30 Thread BD1 a
On Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 11:16:05 PM UTC-5, Alexis King wrote: > > > On Dec 29, 2018, at 21:32, Philip McGrath > wrote: > > > >> Respectfully, I would also concentrate on Rackets web presence. If I > was to google any of the popular languages, I would find the answer to > these que

Re: [racket-users] Re: hackernews

2018-12-30 Thread BD1 a
On Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 10:32:28 PM UTC-5, Philip McGrath wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 10:31 AM BD1 a > > wrote: > >> >> Are you looking for more or different material, or was it not clear to > you from the presentation on the website that these

[racket-users] Re: hackernews

2018-12-30 Thread BD1 a
Here is the short version. Rackets website does not sell Racket, it does not answer the WHY, someone should choose racket to solve problems. It’s not clear as to the benefits of using racket, it’s not clear what advantage I get for choosing Racket over something like Python for web develo

[racket-users] Re: hackernews

2018-12-29 Thread BD1 a
I may be out of place here as I am a total beginner to programing. In a matter of fact, I just pick up HTDP from Amazon to teach myself programing. Respectfully, IMHO if you want to increase the popularity of Racket. You can’t just place racket as another me too language like python, etc.

Re: [racket-users] PDF version of HTDP 2E

2017-01-11 Thread BD1 a
Thanks. Do you know the estimated time frame in which the book will be released? I may have to wait until then to go through it. Thank you. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving em

[racket-users] PDF version of HTDP 2E

2017-01-11 Thread BD1 a
Hello I was wondering if the second edition of How to Design Programs was available in a download format, and if so where can I find it. The issue that I am having is that I spend a good part of my day in an environment with little to no cell or Internet services, and it would be a lot easier