[racket] match in Advanced Student?

p.s. I will say I don't understand the word 'part' in the ASL error message. 



On Aug 17, 2011, at 9:44 AM, Matthias Felleisen wrote:

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> If you look at the docs for ASL as opposed to Racket, you will see that match in the former implements a much simpler pattern language than the latter. In particular, ASL does not support the _or_ pattern. 
> 
> Teaching languages aren't Racket. And we should have students sign a language not to put Racket on their resume when they apply for jobs after taking one of our courses. 
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> -- Matthias
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> On Aug 17, 2011, at 9:33 AM, Prabhakar Ragde wrote:
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>> Why does this expression successfully evaluate in #lang racket but gives a syntax error in Advanced Student?
>> 
>> (match 1
>> [(or 1 2) 'pass]
>> [else 'fail])
>> 
>> The or-clause is highlighted and the error is "match: expected a pattern, but found a part".
>> 
>> Thanks. --PR
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