Shriram Krishnamurthi

Correct, the program is actually buggy. It's trying to use `col` as a variable, not realizing it's actually a constant name. > Speculation: I have wondered if table column names...

I realized, after writing, why my desired error would be hard/impossible. One thing I've realized is that in general, we need better naming standards. There's a triad of things that...

Thanks, Daniel. The question is, is there an audience for it? I don't use Universe. I'm not sure who would actually use it, which makes the development but even more...

We've talked, very airily and loosely in the past, about how HtDP 3/e might have code in both Racket and Pyret. But it's not particularly in the offing. Not to...

Yes, I think it's great that this is here, because anyone searching on this topic can find this discussion in the future. (And a sufficiently ambitious person can even implement...

Indeed, in situations with a predictable game, I think Examplar could be super-useful as a "counterparty" (whether the game is distributed or not). And it would also showcase the World/Universe...

Yes, but I think we can safely say something of the form ​"_usually_ has an `is`" and that would be all we need. For those who don't know better, they...

I don't suppose it's possible to add docs links? That's the _real_ solution to this problem!

I think the error message is fine for now. Let's see if it comes up in a context where it's irksome.

But in this extremely natural scenario, where I built a top-level function and then wanted to group it and a few other functions inside an object, I get really odd...