[plt-scheme] Re: A new version of Typed Scheme

Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 4:03 PM, keydana at gmx.de<keydana at gmx.de>  wrote:
> [snip]
>
>> In general, I wonder would it be possible to add a short introduction regarding concepts / implementation (for sure a detailed explanation of the concepts behind typed scheme do not belong in a guide, but ....)
>
> I've wanted to write this, but I think it belongs in a separate
> document, not as part of the guide.

This is potentially very interesting information, and would probably 
belong in a "gentle introduction."

For example, in the case of Haskell, "A Gentle Introduction to Haskell, 
Version 98" (see http://www.haskell.org/tutorial/) serves as a 
supplement describing the ideas and terminology behind that language 
using examples, and pointing to the Haskell Report (see 
http://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/), which is a much more technical 
document, for details.

Therefore, it might be interesting to write a Typed Scheme counterpart, 
possibly entitled "A Gentle Introduction to Typed Scheme (typed/scheme 
and typed/scheme/base)."

Alternatively, a more detailed document describing the history and 
evolution of Typed Scheme might be modeled on the Haskellian "A History 
of Haskell: Being Lazy with Class" (see 
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1238856), possibly entitled "A 
History of Typed Scheme: How Schemers Came to Type, and How Types Came 
to Schemers."

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