I’ve found a very interesting Guide to PLT Scheme Contracts in a temp directory of Matthias Felleisen’s site. It’s a very recent “incomplete draft”, but it’s already a nice reading for all of you PLTers interested in the nice Design by Contract extensions found among the many goodies included with PLT Scheme.
Matthias’ site, by the way, is full of very interesting stuff, including the quotations in its front page or the awesome list of publications.
I also found, browsing around his site, an unexpected jewel: a link to Strunk and White’s Elements of Style, which points to the book’s full, searchable text. Before you ask what this has to do with programming, let me leap onto a giant’s shoulders:
Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of one’s native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer.
Edsger Dijkstra, How do we tell truhts that might hurt?
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