[racket-dev] release notes draft

I don't like the use of "compilation" here, but I'm happy to drop "now".

Sam

On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Matthias Felleisen
<matthias at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
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> I would omit 'now' (that's the whole point of a release announcement) and I'd avoid the dangling comparison with
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>  the Typed Racket compilation improved by 50% on some typed programs;
>  see http:// ...
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> On Jan 13, 2014, at 11:43 AM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <samth at cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
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>> Looks good.
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>> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Robby Findler
>> <robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>>> How about this bullet:
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>>> * Typed Racket is now 50% faster when type checking some programs.
>>>   For example: http://bit.ly/1d0Ye4z
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>>> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <samth at cs.indiana.edu>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> The graph is at:
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>>>> http://drdr.racket-lang.org/28051/pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-test/tests/typed-racket/succeed/new-metrics.rkt
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>>>> Sam
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>>>> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Robby Findler
>>>> <robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>>>>> Okay, new version below. Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> If there is a drdr graph that shows the 50% jump, I'd like to add that
>>>>> pointer into the notes in the bullet you added, eg:
>>>>>
>>>>> * Typed Racket is now 50% faster when type checking some large
>>>>>   programs. See, for example:
>>>>> http://drdr.racket-lang.org/...../bigfile.rkt
>>>>>
>>>>> Robby
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Racket 5.92 has a new package system, including a catalog of
>>>>> hundreds of already-available packages. Please visit
>>>>>
>>>>> http://pkgs.racket-lang.org/
>>>>>
>>>>> for an overview of the packages.
>>>>>
>>>>> Recent releases included the "beta" versions of the package system.
>>>>> Racket version 6.0 incorporates many improvements suggested by these
>>>>> preliminary experiences:
>>>>>
>>>>> * A package is treated as a single collection by default, so it is even
>>>>>   easier to use a Github repository as a package. Get started quickly:
>>>>>     http://docs.racket-lang.org/pkg/getting-started.html
>>>>>
>>>>> * DrRacket includes a new package manager GUI, available via the
>>>>>   File|Package Manager ... menu item. The GUI is also available
>>>>>   as a stand-alone program via the "gui-pkg-manager" package.
>>>>>
>>>>> * The main Racket distribution has been separated into about 200
>>>>>   packages. The Racket installer combines the core system with
>>>>>   bundled versions of these packages.
>>>>>
>>>>>   Alternatively, you may now install a Minimal Racket distribution ---
>>>>>   which is about 1/10 the size of the main distribution --- and add
>>>>> only
>>>>>   those packages that you need.
>>>>>
>>>>> * Package installation supports pre-built packages that include
>>>>>   compiled byte code and rendered documentation, meaning packages can
>>>>> be
>>>>>   installed quickly when built versions are a available. All packages
>>>>> in
>>>>>   the main distribution are available in pre-built form.
>>>>>
>>>>> Further improvements are in the works, including package documentation
>>>>> on
>>>>> the package-catalog web site.
>>>>>
>>>>> COMPATIBILITY NOTE: PLaneT, the previous Racket package system,
>>>>> will remain in place for the foreseeable future, but we expect
>>>>> all package work to shift to the new system.
>>>>>
>>>>> Beyond the package system, this release brings a number of other
>>>>> changes:
>>>>>
>>>>> * Racket's HTML documentation has a new and improved look, thanks to
>>>>>   Matthew Butterick.
>>>>>
>>>>> * Racket's JIT compiler supports the ARM architecture.
>>>>>
>>>>> * Racket supports the Mac's Retina display mode.
>>>>>
>>>>> * Typed Racket is now 50% faster when type checking some large
>>>>>   programs.
>>>>>
>>>>> * The profiler provides a new mode that uses the errortrace library to
>>>>>   produce fine-grained profiles.
>>>>>
>>>>> * A new contract profiler reports how much time programs spend checking
>>>>>   contracts, and which contracts are most expensive.
>>>>>
>>>>> * The math/flonum library exports fast 105-bit precision operations.
>>>>>
>>>>> * Check Syntax handles generated identifiers, especially those
>>>>>   introduced by struct (e.g. field selectors) and Redex (e.g., e_1,
>>>>> e_2)
>>>>>
>>>>> * 2htdp/batch-io includes functions for dealing with html/xml in files
>>>>> and
>>>>>   web sites as X-expressions plus conveniences for web-based graph
>>>>> traversals.
>>>>>
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>>>
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