00:57 <brainfunnel> hi all. I want to run a single variable through a list of functions. code currently: ((foldl compose1 values func-list) var). I copied it off stackoverflow, and I don't understand how it reaches out to get 'var'. is there a simpler way to do something like this?

01:24 <winny> brainfunnel; could you share the stackoverflow post? that sounds very cool

01:25 <brainfunnel> winny; https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9797991/applying-a-list-of-functions-to-a-number

01:33 <winny> (foldl compose1 values func-list) will evaluate to a function that takes any number of values, then applies each of the functions in the list from left to right

01:34 <winny> in your code above it's applying the function evaluated from (foldl compose1 values func-list) against the single argument 'var'

01:51 <brainfunnel> thanks!

15:53 <darklambda> hi

16:00 <brainfunnel> hello

16:06 <darklambda> can i use racket for sicp all the way? or are there any issue?

16:07 <darklambda> i started with guile on emacs because not much good support for guile in vscode... but i just noticed today that racket has decent support in vscode... hence, i'm considering switching...

16:08 <darklambda> mainly learning scheme these days for sicp... would love to jump on racket if there's no issue using it for sicp all the way

16:42 <brainfunnel> darklambda: there's a '#lang sicp' that you can install with drracket or with 'raco pkg install'. see this page: https://docs.racket-lang.org/sicp-manual/index.html . if you're having trouble with emacs but are tempted to stick with it, you could enable cua-mode. it provides familiar keybinds for cut, copy and paste but also makes selection more natural.

16:45 <brainfunnel> drracket is good, I wouldn't sleep on it. it's the dedicated IDE after all. emacs' racket-mode is pretty great too, but "learn emacs" is a hell of a hurdle to using a language.

17:32 <darklambda> oooh... thanks for the tip @brainfunnel