samth

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421.
by samth 15y ago
Articles on how fast some program is, with no benchmarks, are not that persuasive. Especially since it's based mostly on the claim that "no compiler would do that ".
422.
by samth 15y ago
You'll have to come to find out. :) We don't bite, but the language is addictive ...
423.
Come to RacketCon July 23/24, 2011 in Boston(con.racket-lang.org)
1 points by samth 15y ago|0 comments
424.
by samth 15y ago
The 3 paragraphs starting with "Grow" on the Racket home page try to be a "why racket?" explanation. What more would you like to see?
425.
by samth 16y ago
I believe that "school" here means "high school" or below.
426.
by samth 16y ago
The Brooklyn Bridge authority is on line 2; they say they have a great deal for you.
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Languages as Libraries, PLDI 2011(blog.racket-lang.org)
5 points by samth 16y ago|0 comments
428.
by samth 16y ago
Yes, certainly, the event is open to everyone who's interested in Racket. There's no need to have built something substantial in Racket to come, but obviously you'll get more out of it the more you've worked with Racket.
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Announcing the first Racket Days(lists.racket-lang.org)
39 points by samth 16y ago|6 comments
430.
by samth 16y ago
First, you don't need `w/uniq' in Racket - hygenic macros do that for you automatically. Here's `swap' in Racket: (define-syntax-rule (swap a b) (let ([tmp a]) (set! a b) (set! b tmp))) But if you wanted to implement it, here's
431.
by samth 16y ago
First, the Racket VM has been under development since 1995, so it's not "another VM". Second, the Racket VM supports lots of things that other VMs don't: the Racket module system [1], kill-safe synchronization [2], custodians and eventspace