A lot of people would like Emacs style evaluation of code in DrRacket. This document explains how to do it. (via racket-users)
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Adding raw string syntax to Racket
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Racket is great; if you are missing a language feature then you just add it. How empowering. Joan wanted C# style @-escaped strings and documents how he added them here. (via Racket)
DSLs are still fun
Monday, June 27, 2011
Now the popularity of DSLs may have waned, but the fun surrounding them surely has not. A while back James and I looked into implementing a DSL for modeling insurance products in Java that worked really nicely: built on top of Java we’ve full access to all its goodies like the libraries and object system [...]
In-Source Documentation in Racket
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The scribble/srcdoc and scribble/extract libraries support writing documentation within the documentation code along with an export contract, similar to using JavaDoc. Very nice. (via racket)
Just Enough Ubuntu
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Running Linux in a virtual isn’t a new idea, but from what Patrick said, it is fast and easy. This might be a nice way to run a Racket web server locally on Linux.
Racket on Racket?
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
There is a precedent for hosting other languages on top of Racket by compiling their syntax down to Racket. What got me thinking other languages on Racket was Shriram’s P4P article, and also to some degree a discussion surrounding Gambit’s SIX. It got me wondering… Would PLT have anything to gain from providing a non-parenthesized [...]
A Proposal Against Parentheses in Racket
Sunday, September 19, 2010
P4P: This document proposes an alternate syntax for Racket. It reduces the parenthetical burden, makes the language appear more traditional, and respects indentation, though not in the way you think. It does all this while retaining the essence of Racket syntax, and even offering a high degree of tool reuse. (via Racket-users)
Updated DrSync to Racket
Monday, August 30, 2010
Just posted the updated version of DrSync for Racket on PlaneT.
Okasaki’s Purely Functional Data Structures in Typed Racket
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
A library of purely functional data structures in Typed Racket. Data structures in the library are based on Chris Okasaki’s book Purely Functional Data Structures, work by Phil Bagwell and others (via racket)