[racket] [BULK] Fundamentals

he would probably look at you funny and point you to Amazon.com and
some deep obscure Lord of the Rings passage.

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Richard Cleis <rcleis at mac.com> wrote:
> How would he respond to questions that I must answer: "You use Racket? For scripting or for programming? Is Racket interpreted or compiled?"
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> On Oct 14, 2010, at 12:51 PM, namekuseijin wrote:
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>> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Richard Cleis <rcleis at mac.com> wrote:
>>> As someone who doesn't know better, I like your post.  Can you explain 'script' ?
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>> as Larry Wall put it:
>> "Suppose you went back to Ada Lovelace and asked her the difference
>> between a script and a program. She'd probably look at you funny, then
>> say something like: Well, a script is what you give the actors, but a
>> program is what you give the audience. That Ada was one sharp lady..."
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>> source:
>> http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Larry_Wall#The_State_of_the_Onion_11
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