[racket-users] Racket 7.2 and racket2nix: when-to-compile logic

2019-02-17 Thread
I tried to bump the pinned Racket version in racket2nix from 7.1 to 7.2, and I ran into issues: raco setup: 3 making: /nix open-output-file: cannot open output file path:

Re: [racket-users] Python's append vs Racket's append and helping novices understand the implications

2019-02-11 Thread
For anyone creating such a web page for Python to Racket specifically, there is probably a great deal of inspiration, and reminders of stumbling blocks, to be found in Arne Babenhauserheide's https://www.draketo.de/py2guile book (available online for free) about going from Python to Guile Scheme.

Re: [racket-users] go cheney yourself

2019-01-09 Thread
Entirely off-topic for racket-users. Where is this list that I can read you post links like this? :-) -- /c On Wed, Jan 9, 2019, 05:41 Tim Hanson Sorry! Yes, wrong list; noticed immediately; deleted immediately, butI > guess that doesn’t stop the mails. > > Mea maxima culpa. > > I’ll try

Re: [racket-users] Racket 5, multiple-collection packages and info.rkt

2018-12-12 Thread
Right, that's a good option. For the moment, it wouldn't even need a branch, just point at the current version of the package while the 6.x-compatible version moves on. It's a mature package, and if people need any new functionality that gets implemented later, they should be prepared to upgrade

[racket-users] Racket 5, multiple-collection packages and info.rkt

2018-12-11 Thread
I am trying to split the package graph into graph-doc and graph-lib, see: https://github.com/stchang/graph/pull/37 So far, the package has been compatible with Racket 5.3.2, and I image the original author Mr. Chang would like to keep it that way, if possible. In their respective graph/info.rkt

Re: [racket-users] Re: Let's organize a Scheme European Event at FOSDEM 2019

2018-10-13 Thread
Looks like the https://fosdem.org/2019/schedule/track/minimalistic_languages/ devroom came through! Unfortunately, http://community.schemewiki.org/?FOSDEM2019 has been down for days. Anyone know who is running it, and what the status is on recovering? -- /c On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 8:34 PM

Re: [racket-users] Module dependencies

2018-05-28 Thread
(require) binds at compile time and creates a cycle, but by using (dynamic-require) you can get past compilation and only load the file at runtime, where the seemingly circular reference really isn't. -- /c On Sun, May 27, 2018, 23:48 Matthias Felleisen wrote: > >

[racket-users] Re: A mini Goblins tutorial (was: Is there an actor based library for Racket available?)

2018-05-12 Thread
Hey, Chris! Wow, that was very easy to read, even in the mail client on my phone! I am officially impressed. As you know we're working on a Flow-Based Programming framework within fractalide (github:fractalide/fractalide, which also has a pre-existing rust implementation of FBP) and I've been

Re: [racket-users] Is there an actor based library for Racket available?

2018-05-11 Thread
Goblins is definitely under active development, as it was newly started. cwebber is active on the list. -- /c On Thu, May 10, 2018, 19:33 Arie van Wingerden wrote: > Thx. Jens! > > Both packages appear to have some issues. > Are their maintainers still active? > >

Re: [racket-users] sharing an awesome plot - warms the cockles of my heart

2018-03-26 Thread
On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 8:30 AM, Stephen Chang wrote: > For those who don't have drracket handy: http://pasterack.org/pastes/59296 Wow, that is a really cool service. Thanks for mentioning it! -- /c -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: [racket-users] any reason why slideshow is still its own executable?

2018-03-05 Thread
I've been meaning to ask this: What's the scope of raco? Where does the community think the line is drawn between what belongs in raco and what doesn't? -- /c On Mar 6, 2018 3:35 AM, "Leif Andersen" wrote: Probably just no one has bothered. Adding the following to