[racket] Processing and Racket

Incidentally, I had someone reply to my tumblr blog with a link to fluxus
(wait, was that you?). There are some interesting things there. I like how
it showcases people who are using it.
On Jun 3, 2013 8:34 PM, "Stephen De Gabrielle" <stephen.degabrielle at acm.org>
wrote:

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