[racket] [BULK] Fundamentals

I can picture John Cleese, wearing a legal wig, delivering your advise  
in episode n.

RAC

On Oct 14, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Robby Findler  
<robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:

> Ah. Then the answers are "scripting" and "compiled". Unless they want
> to hear "programming" and "compiled". Basically any of the four
> possible answers are all correct (insomuch as the questions actually
> make sense).
>
> Robby
>
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Richard Cleis <rcleis at mac.com> wrote:
>> Ok. But...  Carrions de Dwimmerlaik provide funding; they want  
>> answers to
>> these questions.
>>
>> RAC
>>
>> On Oct 14, 2010, at 2:16 PM, Robby Findler <robby at eecs.northwestern.edu 
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 'Begone foul dwimmerlaik, lord of carrion! Leave the dead in peace!'
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 2:56 PM, namekuseijin <namekuseijin at gmail.com 
>>> >
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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?"
>>>>>
>>>>> rac
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 14, 2010, at 12:51 PM, namekuseijin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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' ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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..."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> source:
>>>>>> http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Larry_Wall#The_State_of_the_Onion_11
>>>>>
>>>>>
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