Re: [racket-users] Macros outline

2016-02-05 Thread Gavin McGimpsey
Thanks, Greg! I appreciated that approach – and ordered things pretty much the same way here. On Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 7:17:37 PM UTC-7, Greg Hendershott wrote: > I really like it! > > Compared to FoM, you get to the point more quickly and clearly. > > (FoM is closer to that genre

Re: [racket-users] Macros outline

2016-02-04 Thread Greg Hendershott
I really like it! Compared to FoM, you get to the point more quickly and clearly. (FoM is closer to that genre where someone takes notes on their first 24 hours trying to understand a new language. (Except in my case with macros it felt like months not hours.)) I hope you do expand it. On

Re: [racket-users] Macros outline

2016-02-03 Thread Asumu Takikawa
Hi Gavin, On 2016-02-03 11:37:39 -0800, Gavin McGimpsey wrote: > I'd appreciate any feedback! This is very nice and concise! Thanks for writing it. If you do expand it, it might be worth mentioning that the macro stepper lets you debug macros. And if you expand with info on `syntax-parse`, you

[racket-users] Macros outline

2016-02-03 Thread Gavin McGimpsey
I've been picking up Racket here and there, and have spent the last little while learning about macros. The Reference and Guide are comprehensive, of course, and Greg Hendershott's Fear of Macros is an excellent introduction. I found that it took me a little to see how each of the pieces fit