Re: [racket-users] Re: Beautiful Racket v1.0

2017-10-24 Thread Matthias Felleisen
> On Oct 24, 2017, at 4:54 AM, Gour wrote: > > On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 17:52:29 -0400 > Matthias Felleisen > wrote: > >> Realm is for people who cross over from other languages or teachings. >> It is also a follow-up to HtDP, teaching programming in Racket not >> design of programs. I consider it

[racket-users] Re: Beautiful Racket v1.0

2017-10-24 Thread Gour
On Sun, 22 Oct 2017 17:52:29 -0400 Matthias Felleisen wrote: > Realm is for people who cross over from other languages or teachings. > It is also a follow-up to HtDP, teaching programming in Racket not > design of programs. I consider it a bridge for Racket beginners > between HtDP and Beauty.

[racket-users] Re: Beautiful Racket v1.0

2017-10-24 Thread Gour
On 22 Oct 2017 17:45:00 -0400 "'John Clements' via Racket Users" wrote: > I am not personally a huge fan of the mutation-heavy approach of > Realm of Racket. Please, correct me if I got the wrong impression > from the first few exercises. For me, I think that Beautiful Racket > is a better choice

[racket-users] Re: Beautiful Racket v1.0

2017-10-22 Thread Gour
On Thu, 16 Mar 2017 02:04:53 -0700 (PDT) Vincent Nys wrote: > Congrats! I've gone through all the chapters and it has been the most > entertaining programming book I have ever read. It's been practical, > too, as I have already used bits of it in a medium-sized (first) > Racket project. I would g

[racket-users] Re: Beautiful Racket v1.0

2017-03-16 Thread Vincent Nys
Congrats! I've gone through all the chapters and it has been the most entertaining programming book I have ever read. It's been practical, too, as I have already used bits of it in a medium-sized (first) Racket project. I would gladly buy it and will recommend it to many of my co-workers. Regar