Racket Unleashed
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Racket Unleashed
"Racket Unleashed: Building Powerful Programs with Functional and Language-Oriented Programming" is a comprehensive guide to mastering the Racket programming language, renowned for its roots in the Lisp/Scheme family and its prowess in functional programming. This book provides readers with a deep understanding of Racket's syntax, semantics, and powerful abstractions, equipping them to utilize the language's full potential in creating robust and efficient software. Covering essential topics such as recursion, data structures, macros, and error handling, the book serves as an invaluable resource for both beginners and experienced programmers seeking to harness the capabilities of Racket effectively. Beyond the fundamentals, "Racket Unleashed" explores advanced concepts like language-oriented programming, modular development, and interfacing with other languages, offering readers a pathway to leverage Racket's unique strengths in diverse programming scenarios. Practical insights into building GUI applications, ensuring cross-platform deployment, and optimizing parallel and concurrent processes further empower readers to develop scalable and maintainable applications. With its clear explanations and detailed examples, this book is designed to be an authoritative guide for anyone aspiring to create dynamic, efficient programs using Racket's rich feature set.
The Rig
Author: Joe Ducie
language: en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date: 2020-12-15
"All the elements of a great thriller are here—sinister villains, a stoic hero with a heart of gold, even mutated sharks"—from the author of Crystal Force ( Kirkus Reviews). Fifteen-year-old Will Drake has made a career of breaking out from high-security prisons. His talents have landed him at the Rig, a special juvenile holding facility in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. No one can escape from the Rig. After hatching some escape plans—and making the first real friends of his life—Drake quickly realizes that all is not as it seems on the Rig. The warden is obsessed with the mysterious Crystal-X, a blue glowing substance that appears to give superpowers to the teens exposed to it. Drake, Tristan, and Irene are banking on a bid for freedom—but can they survive long enough to make it? Winner of the Guardian Hot Key Books Young Writers Prize "Ducie skillfully builds tension and smears it with a liberal coat of blood and grime. Will's lurking suspicion that the Rig is hiding something leads to a supernatural reveal that will please dystopia and sci-fi lovers, ramping up the story's danger an excitement."— Booklist "Full of suspense, action and foreshadowing . . . Readers will ponder issues of human behaviors and the motivations behind them . . . they will not want to put this book down."— VOYA, Teen Review "A non-stop thrill ride from beginning to end . . . All the elements are there to make this a great book for boys (and many girls too). The action is unrelenting."— The Book Zone (For Boys)
A Two-Year Stint in Asia Wraps Up amid Unfinished Business
JEL is going about his business as a professor in Canada when there’s a knock on his door one April morning. The visitor, Royal, is a language instructor in China looking for teaching material, and he finds a treasure trove in JEL’s office. But the more consequential aspect of the meeting, for JEL at least, is it reignites his lifelong dream to teach in China. He chats with Royal who advises him that it would be best for him to go to China if he’s serious about securing a position. Once there, he puts him in touch with Min, a university professor who might be able to help him get a job. JEL returns home feeling great about the trip, but then he gets an ominous call from Royal, who tells him to say good-bye to his teaching plans. “You just can’t trust Min anymore,” he says, telling him that she’ll do whatever it takes to get her Canadian residence permit. Suddenly, teaching in China has become a lot more complicated, but JEL throws caution to the wind and decides to move forward with his plans.