[racket-dev] release 5.3.5

Okay I see.
I like the code style and conventions in HtDP,
and I have read lots of books about design before I am here.
I will try again when HtDP2e totally complete.

Thanks


On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Matthias Felleisen <matthias at ccs.neu.edu>wrote:

>
> ROAR is something like a second step but we don't assume that you have
> seen HtDP.
>
> HtDP is not about the examples but about [the] design [recipe] and as such
> truly novel. It isn't about Racket either, otherwise we'd use Racket in the
> book. As for 'interest', let freshmen judge. I'd prefer HtDP over ROAR any
> day.
>
> Thanks for your interest.
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 16, 2013, at 7:28 PM, WarGrey Gyoudmon Ju wrote:
>
> Sounds good to buy this book and I will do.
> Will the book take the place of 'How to design program' in which examples
> are quite simple and uninteresting even for the freshmen?
>
> My translate LOL with the intention of exploring the racket way.
> Few resources could be the guider.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 5:42 AM, Matthias Felleisen <matthias at ccs.neu.edu>wrote:
>
>>
>> Realm of Racket is not a translation of Land of Lisp, though it borrows
>> ideas from the latter for about 1/2 of the book. The ROAR code is far more
>> functional and GUI than LOL. -- Matthias
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 16, 2013, at 2:19 AM, WarGrey Gyoudmon Ju wrote:
>>
>> What a pity, I did not know this book before.
>> I've been translating the source code of Land of Lisp using the racket
>> way.
>> I just finish the Grand Theft Wumpus game.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Jay McCarthy <jay.mccarthy at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Greg Hendershott
>>> <greghendershott at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > 1. I'm really excited about the book, which I'll buy.
>>> >
>>> > 2. Issuing a release solely to ship code for a book:
>>> >
>>> >   a. Seems unusual (to me), in general.
>>> >
>>> >   b. Plus right now, message seems at odds with the new package
>>> > manager and plan to move away from shipping monolithic collects?
>>> >
>>> >   Admittedly that plan isn't in effect yet. But code for a book is a
>>> > use case that today's package manager supports AFAICT. So why accrete
>>> > another collection, is the reaction.
>>>
>>> The problem is that the book has "collects/realm" printed in it and
>>> was designed simultaneously with the package system, so it wasn't
>>> clear to make it a package, how to describe getting it, etc.
>>>
>>> Jay
>>>
>>> > p.s. I'm sharing an observation casually, not stating an objection
>>> angrily.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Matthias Felleisen
>>> > <matthias at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> We will release Racket v5.3.5 next week. The purpose of the
>>> >> release is to include the Realm of Racket collection with the
>>> >> v5.3.4 release, because the book is about to appear.
>>> >>
>>> >> The release will strictly be built from
>>> >>
>>> >> -- Racket v5.3.4
>>> >> -- collects/realm as currently found in git head
>>> >>
>>> >> We will __not__ make any other changes.
>>> >>
>>> >> Eli has worked out a process and will launch it asap. We will
>>> >> conduct a recursive diff of all .rkt files and we will run
>>> >> basic checks to ensure the integrity of the release bundle.
>>> >> If you're willing to help with these checks, please stay tuned.
>>> >>
>>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>> >> DRAFT RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT:
>>> >>
>>> >> Racket version 5.3.5 is now available from
>>> >>
>>> >>  http://racket-lang.org/
>>> >>
>>> >> This is a special-purpose release to match the arrival of
>>> >> "Realm of Racket" in bookstores. Racket v.5.3.5 adds a
>>> >> single collection
>>> >>
>>> >> collects/realm/
>>> >>
>>> >> to the v5.3.4 release. The new collection contains the source
>>> >> code that readers of Realm may wish to use for experiments.
>>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>> >>
>>> >> Comments welcome. -- Matthias
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>>>
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>>> http://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~jay
>>>
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