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

2018-05-10 Thread Arie van Wingerden
Thx. Jens! Both packages appear to have some issues. Are their maintainers still active? /Arie 2018-05-10 12:54 GMT+02:00 Jens Axel Søgaard : > The Package Index has two suggestions: goblins and syndicate. > Haven't tried any of them. > >

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

2018-05-10 Thread Arie van Wingerden
Hi, having a shortlist of favorite programming languages: - Lisp like - actor based Racket appeals to me most, because of all it's nice features, e.g. built in GUI and concurrency options. So, I was wondering if there is a library for using actors in Racket. I searched the web, but didn't find

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

2018-05-10 Thread Jens Axel Søgaard
The Package Index has two suggestions: goblins and syndicate. Haven't tried any of them. https://pkgd.racket-lang.org/pkgn/search?q=actors+ /Jens Axel 2018-05-10 12:45 GMT+02:00 Arie van Wingerden : > Hi, > > having a shortlist of favorite programming languages: > - Lisp

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

2018-05-10 Thread Matthias Felleisen
Please see syndicate-lang. And yes, the language is very much alive and maintained. You may want to look at https://www2.ccs.neu.edu/racket/pubs/#dissertation-garnock-jones and read the chapter on examples. Tony has written a bunch of programs in Syndicate, including a DNS proxy server, a

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

2018-05-10 Thread Arie van Wingerden
Thx. Matthias! 2018-05-10 14:29 GMT+02:00 Matthias Felleisen : > > Please see syndicate-lang. And yes, the language is very much alive and > maintained. You may want to look at > > https://www2.ccs.neu.edu/racket/pubs/#dissertation-garnock-jones > > and read the chapter

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

2018-05-10 Thread Neil Van Dyke
After looking through Tony G.'s dissertation that Matthias linked, if you're not already familiar with Racket's package system, I think this is how to get the software... The Racket package catalog entry is at: https://pkgs.racket-lang.org/package/syndicate The catalog page links to the