[racket] Loop in Racket

From: Matthias Felleisen (matthias at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Sun Jun 27 22:37:02 EDT 2010

Plus loops per se are evil -- opium for the masses if you so wish. -- Matthias




On Jun 27, 2010, at 9:34 PM, Robby Findler wrote:

> Please see 'for' in the docs. Here's the relevant section of the Guide:
> 
> http://docs.racket-lang.org/guide/for.html
> 
> Robby
> 
> On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 8:32 PM, Brad Long <brad at longbrothers.net> wrote:
>> Dear racketeers,
>> 
>> What is the reason for not offering a looping construct in racket? For
>> example, something like:
>> 
>> (loop (i 1 10) (print i))
>> 
>> Just for the masses, it seems simpler to use.
>> 
>> Any comments?
>> 
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