[racket] syntax, differently
On Jul 31, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Robby Findler wrote:
> You mean that, right as they cross into the 80th column you hit return?
>
> Judging from my experience with pretty-print (which does similar
> things sometimes), that could be bad news.
>
> For example
>
> (+ 1 2 3 4 5 6 <slightly-less than columns of this> (+ <column80>
>
> a return at that point isn't going to help much.
Yes, I fully expect that non-pretty things will happen but
I also expect students will begin to respect the boundary
and hit return soon enough.
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> ... to get started experimenting.
I think experimenting means releasing it to students.