The Pyret Language

I haven't tried it yet, but super excited that B. András Nagy has created a @PyretLang track on Exercism: exercism.org/tracks/pyret

@ShriramKMurthi @jasvir Another is a focus on values all having nice printable representations. New values (e.g. tabular data) are designed in concert with the (visual) environment to be renderable both as values and when appearing in error messages, etc. That's a big source of design friction!

@jasvir @PyretLang Corners we can cut are some levels of performance and non-backward compatibility. Corners we can't are quality error messages (and the runtime overhead need to generate them), platform convenience, a Stop button (despite JS), etc.

Unapologetically boosting this because it's a nice story about a kid who fell in love with computing through @PyretLang (which runs fine on 6yo computers) and now runs his own education program. Go Isaac!

@sum_typo_way Thank you for the PR! Due to our web focus there are some things that are clunky/available mostly through direct JS at the command line, this is one of them.

Could not find a simple io read method for @PyretLang. The hacker in me is drafting a PR... however if I am missing something, please lmk

@JLarky @texastoland @UXinKC @doochukbeni11 @hashnode @Felienne The teaching languages of @racketlang , used in How to Design Programs, as well! (Pyret drew many lessons from here). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_De… htdp.org

@texastoland @UXinKC @doochukbeni11 @hashnode @PyretLang @Felienne is working on a language that is constructed in a way that lets you introduce CS concepts one by one :) hedycode.com

What programming language would you recommend to someone who wants to start coding from zero? 🤔

@keshet_ohad @v_language 😊☠️ There is a cute new book that uses Pyret, too! twitter.com/ShriramKMurthi…

@ginnyspencer Thanks for reaching out. This was just a crash on our part – we had an issue this morning around 4:30am pacific and were down for a little over an hour. Everything should have been back by 6am. I'm sorry for the frustration and letting us know is always useful and appreciated.

Paper by @RVieyraAEF and @ColleenMegowan in @TptJournal about integrated computational modeling with @PyretLang - and I got to write part of it! Thanks for the support and encouragement! #modphys #iteachphysics

Learn how Bootstrap's free resources can help you integrate computer science into math classes - teaching students math in a way they've never seen math taught before! #oklaed @Bootstrapworld Learn more: sde.ok.gov/computer-scien…

This year, give your students an hour of DATA! In this self-guided @Desmos activity, they’ll explore data viz, introductory programming using @PyretLang, and the application of #DataScience to solve real problems. teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilde… #CSforAll #DS4Everyone

In @PyretLang we've long thought about what a #lang-like thing would be in our world. We aren't ready for (nor think we need) full #lang. The #lang-inspired Grace dialects have been a promising approach (@jameskjx). In general, there are two kinds of issues. ↵

In @PyretLang we decided to get rid of the indirection entirely! @tenellous implemented our beautiful errors, which many users love. Every term is colored (eagerly or lazily). Hovering causes the highlights in text, error code excerpt, and editor to all blink in unison. ↵

@ShriramKMurthi It is, however, a convention to name compiled JavaScript output with names ending in .jarr.

We didn't go with .yarr as the suffix for @PyretLang files because, even though that would have been even more appropriate, the mere sight of a four-letter suffix is bound to generate immense anxiety in anyone over 40. The 8 part isn't but the .3 part is a physical constant.

@noahlt ... as it's a lot easier to loosen syntax later than tighten it, when folks will have written programs that use the more permissive syntax.

@noahlt The short answer is that we had lots of precedent for `-` in names, and it has some advantages over snake/camel case, like not requiring the shift key, so we focused on making that work. We had no frequent use cases for operators in names, so stayed conservative beyond `-`...

@PyretLang trying Pyret for the first time. It looks great! One question: is there a reason why is '-' allowed in identifier names, but not '/'?

Nice flags! Also – 👀essentials2021 in the wild!

Our summer 2021 updates are out! - UI refresh - Easier-to-use images with the default settings - A new language feature for managing libraries for assignments and starter code - Reduced default Google Drive permissions Check out the release notes here: pyret.org/release-notes/…

@yminsky Hi @yminsky ! You might appreciate our update today! pyret.org/release-notes/…

@PyretLang looks awesome, but the permissions required for saving to Google Drive are disturbing...

@ShriramKMurthi @famontesi @JeffGraham15 @KathiFisler The rarely juxtaposed 🏴‍☠️👔

@famontesi @JeffGraham15 @KathiFisler @PyretLang Those slashes in the tie should complete into lambdas!!! (-:

.@KathiFisler & I have an upcoming Viewpoint in CACM about intro to CS: data-centric = data science + data structures We're challenging most people to rethink what an intro to CS means, who it's for, what ends it meets, and how it should be structured. cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publicatio…

@famontesi @ShriramKMurthi @JeffGraham15 @KathiFisler @PyretLang Power of Ph.D. (Photoshop Design), I summon you! Is this what you meant? 🤪 @famontesi @ShriramKMurthi?