[racket] Functional mutators (was: syntax, differently)

From: Matthias Felleisen (matthias at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 3 09:30:35 EDT 2010

On Aug 3, 2010, at 9:26 AM, Todd O'Bryan wrote:

> 
> One thing that Scheme/Racket lacks is the wealth of stylistic advice
> that languages like C++, Java, Python, etc. have in abundance. Maybe
> it's because Schemers/Racketeers figure other people can figure out
> how to name their variables to keep the code well organized, but it
> just isn't so. :-)


Another view: we don't put people in chains. 

But yes, we don't write such things and because of the liberal syntax
few are systematic enough. 


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