<div dir="ltr"><div>Here is some feedback. I did not read the book, so please ignore whatever is meaningless.<br></div><div><br>Tested on (uname -a):<br>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 <br></div><div>Ubuntu 13.04<br></div><div><br></div><div>Drracket starts, no problem. Games could run without major problem.<br><br></div><div>Just some typos and minor comments:<br></div><div><br>chapter2/source.rkt and chapter5/source.rkt :<br> "you uessed it". -> "guessed"<br><br></div><div>Chapter 5:<br></div><div>guess game:<br></div><div>quit with q does not close the frame (maybe normal?) and has the same behavior as =.<br></div><div> <br></div><div>ufo:<br></div><div>The ufo "crashes" in the bottom of the frame. May be better if it "lands" properly?<br></div><div>Check-syntax is activated, but does not handle non-pure text files, and thus displays an error message. Might be confusing for a beginner?<br> <br></div><div>Chapter 6:<br></div><div>source.rkt:<br>qiuckly -> quickly<br>"BUG? << --" to be removed?<br><br></div><div>Chapter 8:<br></div><div>n does not start a new game<br></div><div><br></div><div> Otherwise, looks like a lot of fun! I wish my teachers had used RoR for teaching us PLT Scheme ;)<br><br></div><div>If anyone likes to play Dice of Doom, it has an improved version to which many hours of my PhD studentship got lost:<br> <a href="http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/dice/dice.html">http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/dice/dice.html</a><br></div><div><br></div>Laurent<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 2:41 AM, Matthias Felleisen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matthias@ccs.neu.edu" target="_blank">matthias@ccs.neu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br> A candidate release v5.3.5 is ready for testing at<br> <br> <a href="http://pre.racket-lang.org/5.3.5/" target="_blank">http://pre.racket-lang.org/5.3.5/</a><br> <br> I have downloaded, installed, and played with the bundle on Mac OS X 10.8 w/o a hitch.<br> <br> Could I ask for volunteers to check the bundle on Windows, older Macs, and *nix boxes?<br> <br> Timeline: We'd like to release tomorrow or Tuesday.<br> <br> Thanks -- Matthias<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> _________________________<br> Racket Developers list:<br> <a href="http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev" target="_blank">http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev</a><br> </blockquote></div><br></div>