the motivation for reformulating the announcement of the end of the [racket-users] mailing list and the migration to Discourse as a forum for Racket

2021-11-27 Thread Etan Wexler
“[racket-users] Racket Discourse” is too vague to suffice as the body of the “Subject” field of an announcement of the end of the racket-users mailing list and the migration to Discourse as a forum for Racket, so I sent a message with a “Subject” field that identifies the subject at hand. I

the end of the [racket-users] mailing list and the migration to Discourse as a forum for Racket

2021-11-22 Thread Etan Wexler
the end of the [racket-users] mailing list and the migration to Discourse as a forum for RacketThe stewards of Racket have decided that it’s time to give up on the mailing list (that is, racket-users, to which this message is a contribution). The stewards of Racket have designated another forum

saneboxes: welcome remedies for a world in turmoil [racket-users]

2020-08-16 Thread Etan Wexler
Matthew Flatt recommended “wrapping the sanebox creation”. Matthew, these saneboxes that you’ve invented seem to be just the devices that we’ve needed. We’d like an initial batch of 5000 saneboxes, as soon as you can manage, even if unwrapped. Please send the bill to 1500, Pennsylvania Avenue,

turtle’s outline on blue plaid as main image in initial window of DrRacket on 2020‐06‐11: an Easter egg and a curiosity (veering off topic for [racket-users])

2020-06-14 Thread Etan Wexler
On 2020‐06‐11, DrRacket, at initialization, presented to me, instead of the Racket logo, a sea turtle’s outline in thick, gray strokes, filled with the deep blue and deep red of the Racket logo, against a background of plaid of light blue and medium blue. The image is quite appealing, even