[racket-dev] release notes draft

I took Matthias's for now. :)

faster than light, I think.

Robby


On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Matthias Felleisen
<matthias at ccs.neu.edu>wrote:

>
> faster than what?
>
>
> On Jan 13, 2014, at 1:32 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <samth at cs.indiana.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > * Typed Racket is 50% faster when type checking some programs.
> >   For example: http://bit.ly/1d0Ye4z
> >
> > Sam
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Robby Findler
> > <robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
> >> I'll wait for an actual new bullet here, if one of Sam/Matthias doesn't
> mind
> >> writing it?
> >>
> >> Robby
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Matthias Felleisen <
> matthias at ccs.neu.edu>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Use 'compiler performance'
> >>>
> >>> Avoid 'faster' without 'than'
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Jan 13, 2014, at 12:05 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <
> samth at cs.indiana.edu>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> 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:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I would omit 'now' (that's the whole point of a release announcement)
> >>>>> and I'd avoid the dangling comparison with
> >>>>>
> >>>>> the Typed Racket compilation improved by 50% on some typed programs;
> >>>>> see http:// ...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Jan 13, 2014, at 11:43 AM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
> >>>>> <samth at cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Looks good.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Robby Findler
> >>>>>> <robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
> >>>>>>> How about this bullet:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> * Typed Racket is now 50% faster when type checking some programs.
> >>>>>>> For example: http://bit.ly/1d0Ye4z
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
> >>>>>>> <samth at cs.indiana.edu>
> >>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> The graph is at:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> http://drdr.racket-lang.org/28051/pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-test/tests/typed-racket/succeed/new-metrics.rkt
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Sam
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> 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.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> _________________________
> >>>>>> Racket Developers list:
> >>>>>> http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>
>
>
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