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> DrRacket is a pedagogic IDE, originally intended to be simple for new students and non-majors. I know that. But it's far from being generally 'awesome', when
by lispm 8y ago
> DrRacket is a pedagogic IDE, originally intended to be simple for new students and non-majors.
I know that. But it's far from being generally 'awesome', when the look & feel is actually below average.
> P.S., Thank goodness programming students are still being shown things like RAM usage (DrRacket can enforce limits) and that GC is happening. :)
GC happens. Then students see it all the time and start to worry. No of the current IDEs I can remember still show GC activity in the GUI. I would also not know why I need a constant updating view of program memory size.
- neilv 8y agoI won't blame someone for preferences and enthusiasm. :) IMHO, at some point in a student's programming education, I'd definitely want them to be aware of program size and GC. But I couldn't say exactly when they need to start seeing it, and when it's OK if they don't see it. Of course, the professors are the ones with all the teaching experience, and one can always ask them on `racket-users`.
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- neilv 8y agohttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/racket-users https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/racket-users (`racket-users` is where most of the action in Racket is, and the community members, including the core developers, actively answer&discuss questions. The other venues are mostly outposts for discovering Racket.)