[racket] Sweet expressions error? WAS Re: Sweet expressions; or making it easier to introduce Racket to me and my coworkers :-)

> define factorial(n)
>  if {n <= 1}
>    1
>    {n * factorial{n - 1}}

Wouldn't it need to be something like:

define( factorial(n)
 if {n <= 1}
   1
   {n * factorial{n - 1}} )

?

That is, `define' itself needs some sort of handling, whether sweet or sour?

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Grant Rettke <grettke at acm.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Asumu Takikawa <asumu at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>> On 2011-07-20 15:19:44 -0400, Asumu Takikawa wrote:
>>> To use, write a #lang line like this:
>>>
>>>   #lang asumu/sweet racket
>>>
>>>   printf("Hello")
>>
>> Whoops, that should be
>>  #lang planet asumu/sweet racket
>
> Thanks.
>
> Just tried this:
>
> #lang planet asumu/sweet racket
>
> define factorial(n)
>  if {n <= 1}
>    1
>    {n * factorial{n - 1}}
>
> And got
>
> application: bad syntax (illegal use of `.') in: (#<eof> . #<eof>)
>
> In DrRacket, version 5.1.1 [3m].
>
> Did I do something wrong?
>
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