[racket-dev] distributing native code

2011-09-09 Thread John Clements
As part of the PortAudio library, I want to be able to call this code: void bufferAdd(short *dst, short *src, int len) { int i; for (i = 0; i smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature _ For list-related administrative tasks: http

[racket-dev] weird (memory?) bug using (dis)similar require mechanisms

2011-09-09 Thread Marijn
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi list, this racket bug was discovered when I was trying out geiser which starts programs in a way that exposes this bug. The program starts correctly but none of the buttons work (or only reserve screen space) and it is hard to terminate the program

Re: [racket-dev] distributing native code

2011-09-09 Thread Marijn
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/09/11 09:33, John Clements wrote: > [*] See earlier thread where the general consensus was that it was > not possible to make a Racket version of this run less than (IIRC) > 5x slower than C. What is the subject of that thread? Marijn -BEGI

Re: [racket-dev] distributing native code

2011-09-09 Thread Casey Klein
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Marijn wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 09/09/11 09:33, John Clements wrote: >> [*] See earlier thread where the general consensus was that it was >> not possible to make a Racket version of this run less than (IIRC) >> 5x slower than

Re: [racket-dev] Weird bug in Typed Racket predicate for Float 0.0

2011-09-09 Thread Vincent St-Amour
At Thu, 8 Sep 2011 20:43:02 -0400, Luke Vilnis wrote: > Running this produces: > > eq? 0.0 #f > eqv? 0.0 #t > Float? #t > Float-Or-Integer? #f With the latest from git on Debian 32 bit, I get `#t' for all four. What environment are you using? > The part of TR that generates the compound contrac

Re: [racket-dev] Weird bug in Typed Racket predicate for Float 0.0

2011-09-09 Thread Luke Vilnis
Hmm, curiouser and curiouser. Using the latest nightly build from http://pre.racket-lang.org/installers/, I get #f #t #t #f both on my home machine and work machine, which run Windows 7 64-bit. Now I'm really curious as to what's going on here! On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Vincent St-Amour wro

[racket-dev] CPANTS

2011-09-09 Thread Shriram Krishnamurthi
Do you know about CPANTS? I just heard about it. The idea, as I understand it, translated to our terms, is essentially this: - every PLaneT package comes with a test suite - when the package is downloaded, the test suite runs - if the test suite fails, the user is informed right away (to perhaps

Re: [racket-dev] CPANTS

2011-09-09 Thread Robby Findler
I would love to see something like that be a part of planet (presumably 2.0). I had lots of similar ideas for 1.0, but never was able to get going significantly on them. FWIW. Robby On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Shriram Krishnamurthi wrote: > Do you know about CPANTS?  I just heard about it.  

[racket-dev] Fwd: [clipperz] Re: Marketing Ideas

2011-09-09 Thread John Clements
Yes, we hate facebook. But our facebook page has a GENUINELY EMBARRASSING number of "like"s (uh... 57?). Forwarded from an entirely unrelated list, could we consider putting those facebook/twitter/linkedin "like" buttons on the racket-lang.org page? Is this something we've already considered

Re: [racket-dev] Fwd: [clipperz] Re: Marketing Ideas

2011-09-09 Thread Jon Rafkind
Is there any correlation between number of likes and well.. anything? On 09/09/2011 12:43 PM, John Clements wrote: > Yes, we hate facebook. But our facebook page has a GENUINELY EMBARRASSING > number of "like"s (uh... 57?). Forwarded from an entirely unrelated list, > could we consider putting

Re: [racket-dev] Fwd: [clipperz] Re: Marketing Ideas

2011-09-09 Thread John Clements
On Sep 9, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Jon Rafkind wrote: > Is there any correlation between number of likes and well.. anything? Everyone else is doing it. I know Matthias will go for that one. In the "I read it on the internet" category, this page http://www.social-networking-success.com/facebook-lik

Re: [racket-dev] Fwd: [clipperz] Re: Marketing Ideas

2011-09-09 Thread Matthias Felleisen
On Sep 9, 2011, at 3:11 PM, John Clements wrote: > I know Matthias will go for that one. If you show me where to push the button. I like pushing buttons :-) _ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/dev

Re: [racket-dev] CPANTS

2011-09-09 Thread Neil Van Dyke
I'm not familiar with CPANTS, but automating real-world feedback something like that sounds useful. I think you should be conscientious about the tiny "phoning back to the mothership with more info" privacy problem, and how best to manage that, even if it's just real disclosure (not "privacy p

Re: [racket-dev] Fwd: [clipperz] Re: Marketing Ideas

2011-09-09 Thread Neil Van Dyke
If you add Facebook buttons to "racket-lang.org", I recommend *not* doing it in the usual way, which is referencing JS/CSS/images/etc. from Facebook at page load time. That can actually silently track most people's reading/viewing/posting/messaging behavior across most popular Web pages these

Re: [racket-dev] Fwd: [clipperz] Re: Marketing Ideas

2011-09-09 Thread Jon Rafkind
On 09/09/2011 01:50 PM, Neil Van Dyke wrote: > If you add Facebook buttons to "racket-lang.org", I recommend *not* doing it > in the usual way, which is referencing JS/CSS/images/etc. from Facebook at > page > load time. That can actually silently track most people's > reading/viewing/posting/m

Re: [racket-dev] CPANTS

2011-09-09 Thread John Clements
On Sep 9, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Neil Van Dyke wrote: > I'm not familiar with CPANTS, but automating real-world feedback something > like that sounds useful. > > I think you should be conscientious about the tiny "phoning back to the > mothership with more info" privacy problem, and how best to ma

Re: [racket-dev] CPANTS

2011-09-09 Thread Neil Van Dyke
John Clements wrote at 09/09/2011 04:00 PM: On Sep 9, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Neil Van Dyke wrote: I'm not familiar with CPANTS, but automating real-world feedback something like that sounds useful. I think you should be conscientious about the tiny "phoning back to the mothership with more inf

[racket-dev] See, that's what I'm talking about

2011-09-09 Thread John Clements
Thanks, Jay! Uh... whoever you are? John Begin forwarded message: > From: "Facebook" > Date: September 9, 2011 1:33:15 PM PDT > To: John Clements > Subject: Jay Kominek likes PLT Racket. > Reply-To: Facebook > > facebook > Jay Kominek likes PLT Racket. > Update PLT Racket > See All Not

Re: [racket-dev] See, that's what I'm talking about

2011-09-09 Thread Jay Kominek
You're welcome? On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 2:49 PM, John Clements wrote: > Thanks, Jay! Uh... whoever you are? > > John > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *"Facebook" > *Date: *September 9, 2011 1:33:15 PM PDT > *To: *John Clements > *Subject: **Jay Kominek likes PLT Racket.* > *Reply-To: *Fac

Re: [racket-dev] See, that's what I'm talking about

2011-09-09 Thread Robby Findler
Yes, thanks! Robby On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Jay Kominek wrote: > You're welcome? > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 2:49 PM, John Clements > wrote: > >> Thanks, Jay! Uh... whoever you are? >> >> John >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> *From: *"Facebook" >> *Date: *September 9, 2011 1:33:15 P

Re: [racket-dev] See, that's what I'm talking about

2011-09-09 Thread Robby Findler
Now when do we get our check for $179 (or whatever it was). Can I just send my address to the internets? Robby On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Robby Findler wrote: > Yes, thanks! > > Robby > > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Jay Kominek wrote: > >> You're welcome? >> >> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at

Re: [racket-dev] See, that's what I'm talking about

2011-09-09 Thread Nadeem Abdul Hamid
If you will kindly fax your account information on a company letterhead I will contact my lawyer to initiate transfer of the requisite funds forthwithly. On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Robby Findler wrote: > Now when do we get our check for $179 (or whatever it was). Can I just send > my addres

Re: [racket-dev] CPANTS

2011-09-09 Thread Michael W
Why not make it a button? "A problem appears! [Click here] to send details of this problem to the package developers." 6 hours ago, Neil Van Dyke wrote: > John Clements wrote at 09/09/2011 04:00 PM: > > On Sep 9, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Neil Van Dyke wrote: > > > >> I'm not familiar with CPANTS, but