Re: Future of the cookbook

MJ Ray <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.lisp.scheme.plt.schematics
Organization Very poor
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2004-03-26 00:59:33 +0000 Noel Welsh <noelwelsh-/[email protected]> wrote:

> Most software on Schematics is LGPL and I'm happy to
> go with that. [...]

Other authors: are you happy with it?

>> 2. What are the "Using PLT Scheme" sections for?
> Mainly to explain the important differences between
> PLT Scheme and r5rs Scheme.  E.g. the use of square
> brackets for visual emphasis.

Differences PLT-R5RS are probably a book on their own. Square brackets 
are an abomination not to be encouraged ;-)

>> 4. Where in CVS is the source? What do I need?
> 
> /doc/cookbook ; WebIt!
> 
> To me the main issue is how the cookbook is developed.
> Currently you edit the Scheme source in CVS.

I think using Scheme source is fine, although how do we validate WebIt?

> I'm
> suggesting a more open process that 1) allows more
> people to participate and 2) reduces the time taken to
> make an addition.  I'm suggesting a wiki, either
> hosted by some kind soul (possibly PLT) or at
> wikibooks.

Ability to add notes, wiki-style or blog-style, feels a better way 
forwards to me. If it goes entirely wiki, we must have good revision 
control for the maintainers. It's not fun farming a wiki without it.

> [...] Wikibooks uses the FDL.

FDL? Let's not go there, then.

> [...] People might appreciate a
> more general cookbook that covers all Schemes. [...]

Most of what I write about will be based on non-PLT-specific concepts 
like pregexp, so I don't have a problem in leaving it open. It may be 
good to have implementation-specific sections as additions to each 
main chapter.

> 1. Intro to (PLT) Scheme
> 2. Scheme Programming Style
> 3. Cookbook

Sounds good to me, although I can't really help with s2.

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