[racket] Processing and Racket

I can't let this thread pass without mentioning Fluxus
http://www.pawfal.org/fluxus/documentation/

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Stephen De Gabrielle <http://www.degabrielle.name/stephen>



On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 11:03 PM, Matthias Felleisen <matthias at ccs.neu.edu>wrote:

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> On Jun 3, 2013, at 5:45 PM, Philipp Dikmann wrote:
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> but when the problem is always simply 'reproduce this image', a single
> language still allows multiple interesting ways of thinking about it (esp.
> considering the idea of 'language' in the Racket context :P), and even
> better: demonstrate, graphically, what that particular way of thinking
> entails (e.g. like the 'experimental translations' of the Recode Project).
>
>
>
> This suggests an interesting comparative programming project. Within
> Racket you can easily show off a range of programming style for just this
> "produce this image" special-purpose domain:
>  -- images from the teaching languags
>  -- slideshow
>  -- the raw graphics box underneath it all
> and in each case, we can show off a functional and an OO approach. Indeed,
> we might even be able to show off a CONSTRAINT programming approach (make
> an image that satisfies the following constraints).
>
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>
> - One last thing: In my experience, errors are more plentiful in
> Processing, because keeping track of state gets difficult. However, in an
> artistic / experimental setting, errors can be very productive. I've had
> considerably less 'happy accidents' in Racket, because there are very few
> accidents at all; 'breaking things' must be done more purposeful. I
> understand this is the result of continued efforts to make reasoning about
> Racket programs as effortless as possible, so hats off to that :)
>
>
>
> Thanks. Errors have been a key focus of the project from its conception.
>
> -- Matthias
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