[racket] `def' ?

I can only speak for myself but I think it's a bit much to assert that word
length has nothing to do with readability. Heck, maybe that's even true for
you, but not for everyone. I have certainly felt it to be an issue. If the
"define" keyword was 50 letters long it would definitely have an impact on
my ability to read code - it seems to be an issue of degree, not existence.

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:26 PM, ozzloy-racket-users <
ozzloy+users_racket-lang_org at gmail.com> wrote:

> am i the only one that thinks not having abbreviated names for anything is
> good?
> i like not having "def".  especially if it's going to be redundant.
> i see this as a slippery slope i don't want to go down.
> it annoys me when switching to other languages to have to ask: which way
> of shortening "function" does this language go with?  was it "fn"? maybe
> "fun"?
> if the language has a strict policy of not using short versions of words,
> i don't have to guess.
>
> as for "def" being easier to read than "define", that's not true.  word
> frequency has more impact on reading time than word length for normal
> reading.  having more aliases makes both less frequent, so adding "def"
> could plausibly make reading both take longer.  most people read whole
> words at a time, rather than letter-by-letter.
>
>
> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Grant Rettke <grettke at acm.org> wrote:
>
>> There is always pretty mode in Emacs.
>>
>> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Ray Racine <ray.racine at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > FYI for those who may not know.  Racket supports λ as an alias for
>> lambda.
>> >  ctrl-\ in DrRacket.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Nikita B. Zuev <nikitazu at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> +1 for `def' as alias for `define'.
>> >> May I also suggest `fun' for `lambda' alias?
>> >> Three letter names are the best =)
>> >>
>> >> (well one can always do it with require rename-in)
>> >>
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