[racket] 'Adult' Racket? (was rackunit vs test-engine)

Neil, that's xxx adult :-) 


On Aug 8, 2012, at 12:15 PM, Neil Toronto wrote:

> On 08/08/2012 09:48 AM, mike at goblin.punk.net wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 09:00:19PM -0400, Matthias Felleisen wrote:
>>> -- test-engine provides test support for the teaching languages of DrRacket.
>>> -- rackunit is for 'adult' programmers, meaning programmers who have outgrown
>> teaching languages.
>> 
>> I wish that I had known about rackunit earlier.  What other
>> 'adult' features of Racket should people would you recommend to
>> readers of HtDP?
> 
> All the `for' loops come to mind; the `for*' loops in particular are far more readable than nested maps and folds.
> 
> Functional hash tables, if HtDP doesn't already cover them.
> 
> Advanced macros: using syntax-case, syntax-parse, syntax parameters, lifts, and local expansion.
> 
> Typed Racket to statically enforce contracts, and for performance.
> 
> Neil ⊥
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