[racket-dev] version 5.3.5 release, ready for testing

Here is some feedback. I did not read the book, so please ignore whatever
is meaningless.

Tested on (uname -a):
Linux UX31A 3.8.0-23-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 29 20:22:58 UTC 2013
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Ubuntu 13.04

Drracket starts, no problem. Games could run without major problem.

Just some typos and minor comments:

chapter2/source.rkt and chapter5/source.rkt :
"you uessed it".  -> "guessed"

Chapter 5:
guess game:
quit with q does not close the frame (maybe normal?) and has the same
behavior as =.

ufo:
The ufo "crashes" in the bottom of the frame. May be better if it "lands"
properly?
Check-syntax is activated, but does not handle non-pure text files, and
thus displays an error message. Might be confusing for a beginner?

Chapter 6:
source.rkt:
qiuckly -> quickly
"BUG? << --" to be removed?

Chapter 8:
n does not start a new game

Otherwise, looks like a lot of fun! I wish my teachers had used RoR for
teaching us PLT Scheme ;)

If anyone likes to play Dice of Doom, it has an improved version to which
many hours of my PhD studentship got lost:
http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/dice/dice.html

Laurent


On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 2:41 AM, Matthias Felleisen <matthias at ccs.neu.edu>wrote:

>
> A candidate release v5.3.5 is ready for testing at
>
>    http://pre.racket-lang.org/5.3.5/
>
> I have downloaded, installed, and played with the bundle on Mac OS X 10.8
> w/o a hitch.
>
> Could I ask for volunteers to check the bundle on Windows, older Macs, and
> *nix boxes?
>
> Timeline: We'd like to release tomorrow or Tuesday.
>
> Thanks -- Matthias
>
>
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