[racket] Teach yourself Racket in Fixnum Days?

Yes to the quick tutorial, no to the other two, as they're not my intended application.


-gappy




On Jan 6, 2012, at 1:46 AM, Richard Cleis <rcleis at mac.com> wrote:

> Have you seen the tutorials? ...
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> Quick:    An Introduction to Racket with Pictures
> Continue: Web Applications in Racket
> More:     Systems Programming with Racket
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> rac
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> On Jan 5, 2012, at 7:51 PM, Giuseppe Paleologo wrote:
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>> I am a new Racket user. I am reading the Racket Guide, but I was wondering if a shorter guide is available somewhere, perhaps not as comprehensive. Something like "Teach yourself Racket in Fixnum Days?" or "Core Racket", "Racket: the good parts" [I know, all Racket parts are good].  If not, I'll keep reading the Guide. 
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>> A bit of personal information, which could be of interest to identify the potential Racket demographics. Currently I am using mostly R, but have used at least a half dozen languages. Racket is particularly attractive for being an elegant LISP like Scheme, but with batteries included (language extensions, libraries), an active community, a passionate development team and even an IDE.
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>> Thanks,
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>> -gappy
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