Re: [racket-users] The future of current language Racket

2019-08-26 Thread Arie van Wingerden
Hi Sam,
that is a very load and clear answer, which is encouriging for everyone 
having an interest in current Racket.
Very glad to have this black on white from an authorative person in the 
community.
Best wishes.

Op maandag 26 augustus 2019 17:08:08 UTC+2 schreef Sam Tobin-Hochstadt:
>
> Racket as a project has both a strong commitment to keeping everything 
> running long into the future and to extensive documentation. `#lang racket` 
> will continue to be available, working, and will continue to have 
> documentation. 
>
> Sam
>
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 4:45 AM Arie van Wingerden  > wrote:
>
>> When Racket2 was announced, I got really upset, being afraid that all 
>> what I like about (the old) Racket would be at stake. Also it was mentioned 
>> that the docs would be based on Racket2 syntax, which probably would hamper 
>> using them for old school Racket. 
>>
>> I really think that old school Racket should be saved for the future, 
>> because it is the Scheme to go for many reasons e.g. superb IDE + debugging 
>> and many good packages and of course the whole creative eco system. 
>>
>> Question 1:
>> Please can you explicitly guarantee that Racket (#lang racket) will be 
>> available for the future?
>>
>> Question 2:
>> Can you explicitely guarantee that the documentation for #lang racket 
>> will be available in the future?
>>
>> Please know that I love DrRacket as a whole and that I am not against 
>> Racket2 at all. I just like my favorite old Racket language to be available 
>> forever😊
>>
>> Many thx for DrRacket and keep up the good work!
>>
>> Best wishes. 
>>
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Re: [racket-users] The future of current language Racket

2019-08-26 Thread Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
Racket as a project has both a strong commitment to keeping everything
running long into the future and to extensive documentation. `#lang racket`
will continue to be available, working, and will continue to have
documentation.

Sam

On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 4:45 AM Arie van Wingerden 
wrote:

> When Racket2 was announced, I got really upset, being afraid that all what
> I like about (the old) Racket would be at stake. Also it was mentioned that
> the docs would be based on Racket2 syntax, which probably would hamper
> using them for old school Racket.
>
> I really think that old school Racket should be saved for the future,
> because it is the Scheme to go for many reasons e.g. superb IDE + debugging
> and many good packages and of course the whole creative eco system.
>
> Question 1:
> Please can you explicitly guarantee that Racket (#lang racket) will be
> available for the future?
>
> Question 2:
> Can you explicitely guarantee that the documentation for #lang racket will
> be available in the future?
>
> Please know that I love DrRacket as a whole and that I am not against
> Racket2 at all. I just like my favorite old Racket language to be available
> forever😊
>
> Many thx for DrRacket and keep up the good work!
>
> Best wishes.
>
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Re: [racket-users] The future of current language Racket

2019-08-26 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 01:45:44AM -0700, Arie van Wingerden wrote:
> When Racket2 was announced, I got really upset, being afraid that all what I 
> like about (the old) Racket would be at stake. Also it was mentioned that the 
> docs would be based on Racket2 syntax, which probably would hamper using them 
> for old school Racket. 
> 
> I really think that old school Racket should be saved for the future, because 
> it is the Scheme to go for many reasons e.g. superb IDE + debugging and many 
> good packages and of course the whole creative eco system. 
> 
> Question 1:
> Please can you explicitly guarantee that Racket (#lang racket) will be 
> available for the future?
> 
> Question 2:
> Can you explicitely guarantee that the documentation for #lang racket will be 
> available in the future?
> 
> Please know that I love DrRacket as a whole and that I am not against Racket2 
> at all. I just like my favorite old Racket language to be available forever😊

Arguing from history:

Every attempt to replace Lisp syntax over the last 50 years has failed.
Some of the have produced new syntaxes that have prospered (such as 
javascript and our own Scribble), but none have ever displaced 
S-expressions. 

I have no fears about this.

-- hendrik

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[racket-users] The future of current language Racket

2019-08-26 Thread Arie van Wingerden
When Racket2 was announced, I got really upset, being afraid that all what I 
like about (the old) Racket would be at stake. Also it was mentioned that the 
docs would be based on Racket2 syntax, which probably would hamper using them 
for old school Racket. 

I really think that old school Racket should be saved for the future, because 
it is the Scheme to go for many reasons e.g. superb IDE + debugging and many 
good packages and of course the whole creative eco system. 

Question 1:
Please can you explicitly guarantee that Racket (#lang racket) will be 
available for the future?

Question 2:
Can you explicitely guarantee that the documentation for #lang racket will be 
available in the future?

Please know that I love DrRacket as a whole and that I am not against Racket2 
at all. I just like my favorite old Racket language to be available forever😊

Many thx for DrRacket and keep up the good work!

Best wishes. 

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