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8 points by godtvisken 6164 days ago | link | parent | on: New version

Will the tutorial be updated?

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6 points by pg 6164 days ago | link

I already updated it in the sense of removing incompatibilities. Will intro the new syntax soon.

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2 points by cooldude127 6162 days ago | link

also, the install instructions probably should reference the new version as well.

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4 points by godtvisken 6172 days ago | link | parent | on: Arc for non programmers

There is a book called "The Little Schemer" which is a very neat introduction to Scheme (specifically about the important paradigm of recursion).

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2 points by lg 6172 days ago | link

agreed, the little schemer is an awesome book, nothing about lisp made sense to me until i worked through it. Afterwards, pg's book just felt like a bunch of useful information, not a conceptual overload.

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2 points by godtvisken 6176 days ago | link | parent | on: and operator

Ah.. I see. I forgot the way that "true" and "false" are represented in arc. Thank you.

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2 points by godtvisken 6176 days ago | link | parent | on: Add snippets to arclanguage site?

I like this idea. And maybe a category system? Tag clouds can sometimes get out of hand, and are not always suitable, but something similar could help organize the data. For example, to easily differentiate between types of snippets and what they address.

Or maybe a title and description is enough.

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1 point by bootload 6176 days ago | link

"... Or maybe a title and description is enough. ..."

As little as possible. Filling in fields is a pain. I think the description field could be optional if the code is commented. The bit I think would boost the understanding of the language is concrete examples. The pattern of reading the source code, writing a bit of code, posting it to arclanguage works for people who read the post.

Snippets scale better which is what you want. Quick failure with bad ideas. Good ideas expressed in code will then have to stand the test of time.

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1 point by godtvisken 6176 days ago | link | parent | on: Er.. can't install?

Heh, such a silly mistake. Thank you

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