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2 points by GenArx 2946 days ago | link | parent | on: NEWBIE:: new to Lisp, new to Arc.

I am happy to use this "rainbow", though please show me how to install and use it initially [new to github] thanks in advance :)

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2 points by hjek 2912 days ago | link

It's fine being new to stuff. If you try clicking the link, there's installation instructions there:

To download and build rainbow and open a REPL:

   git clone git://github.com/conanite/rainbow.git
   cd rainbow
   ant
   ant           # yes, twice. The second time uses rainbow to generate optimisations of itself
   cd src/arc
   java -server -jar rainbow.jar

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3 points by GenArx 2947 days ago | link | parent | on: NEWBIE:: new to Lisp, new to Arc.

[issue] "I've reformatted my Windows and tried your installations instructions above. When I first followed this instructions it worked out just fin [maybe because of the prior mzscheme installations I've made my own]. This time around I'm following your instructions without first installing my first instruction method, and here's the error:

  tl: undefined;
    cannot reference undefined identifier
      context...:
        C:\Program Files\Racket\collects\racket\private\misc.rkt:87:7
    tl: undefien
NOTES:

> I've installed racket-6.4-i386-win32 and Git-2.7.4-32-bit

> Running Windows 7 EE 32bit

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2 points by rocketnia 2947 days ago | link

Oops, sorry, this is due to the change I made to boot.scm recently: http://arclanguage.org/item?id=19478

In the case of these instructions, lnstead of (load "boot.scm"), please use (require "boot.scm") now.

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1 point by akkartik 2947 days ago | link

Hmm, not sure what's going on. Is the word 'undefien' in your comment exactly as it appears on the error message?

I assume this happens when you type in the third command (tl)?

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2 points by GenArx 2946 days ago | link

Welcome to Racket v6.4.

> (current-directory (find-system-path 'home-dir))

> (current-directory "anarki")

> (require "boot.scm")

> (tl)

Rtl: undefined; cannot reference undefined identifier context...: C:\Program Files\Racket\collects\racket\private\misc.rkt:87:7

> stdin::107: read: unexpected `)'

  context...:

   C:\Program Files\Racket\collects\racket\private\misc.rkt:87:7
>

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2 points by rocketnia 2946 days ago | link

The error has to do with looking up the variable "Rtl". The "R" probably comes from a bug in Racket's reader where certain things pasted into a Windows terminal window are parsed incorrectly. Where you typed "(tl)", somehow it saw "Rtl)".

In my experience, the bug doesn't occur as long as the text I'm pasting has a newline at the end. Maybe you could try that. That is, instead of just selecting the text you want to copy, select a blank line after it too.

Alternatively, you could type everything by hand instead of pasting... but that sounds pretty painful. Hopefully you don't have to resort to that.

EDIT: I tried to reproduce that pasting issue with Racket 6.4 on Windows 10, and I don't get it anymore. You're using Racket 6.4 too, so are you using a particular version of Windows?

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2 points by GenArx 2946 days ago | link

I would want to follow my mzscheme instructions to install arc, but I'll let it pass for now because i want us to solved this Issue.. If I do that your instructions might work but not knowing what's exactly going on without mzscheme, (i think so) :)

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2 points by GenArx 2948 days ago | link | parent | on: NEWBIE:: new to Lisp, new to Arc.

Hello, I have launched a study group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/arcofili/ that aims to program Arc language in Arch Linux but not in computers but inside of single board computers [SBC], i.e. ODroid - C2

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1 point by GenArx 2948 days ago | link

In this way, we learn Arc in Linux away from Windows machines and fully integrate other fun areas of learning Arch Linux for ARM

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2 points by GenArx 2966 days ago | link | parent | on: NEWBIE:: new to Lisp, new to Arc.

for any newbie here like me who never had the experience of linux but Windows... my adventure so far is summarized here. All contents are taken from the forum and all over the places i've been around the web.

A complete and downloadable tutorials on Arc language available at facebook.com/groups/epspost/ > contains installation files and tutorials with a step-by-step instructions for setup and installation for Windows users. Complete downloading 4 Part Files and then use 7zip to extract and combine them in one single folder called "Arc Learning Compilation from EPSpost"

> these Arc adventures includes arc3.1 / racket // mzscheme

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1 point by akkartik 2966 days ago | link

Oh, interesting. I just tried to join that group (since I can't see what you post there otherwise).

Another option is to email me your directions. I think I'd find them very useful.

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2 points by GenArx 2966 days ago | link

all the steps above work out just fine.. thank you for the hand Sir. Now , how may i compile sample programs or test if its running ? ^^

I have also uploaded a screenshot of the process at facebook.com/EPSpost for newbie reference, too.

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2 points by GenArx 2966 days ago | link

:) i just gor back here. now trying your steps above Sir. Thank you. As far as i'm concerned i'm also sharing my resources to everyone, Arc deserves a major attention now.

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