[vsnf]

I must be the black sheep of this thread, because I had a completely different experience. Professor Felleisen was never my professor directly, but he did oversee a few of the introductory courses I took, and was very present and had a heavy hand in many of the advanced courses. I also went to him for a number of office hour sessions.

He came off as incredibly self-absorbed and at times, borderline hostile. A sibling poster quoted him as saying "don't put your ego in your code", but in the 4+ years I dealt with him, he was nothing but ego.

I don't doubt his intelligence and obviously he's a very accomplished individual, but I just don't see what everyone else saw in him.

[wsylex]

There are some people who completely gave up of Racket just because of him (take a look of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wY7FBtr7_c ). And, speaking of ego, just take a look at the author list on the cover of this book: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BRtef96CcAA54cS.jpg

Notice the font size of his name, versus the font size of the students who actually wrote the book and everything will be clear to you!

[Bost]

Regarding the font thing - saying "everything will be clear" and providing no other information clarifies nothing.

Except that, thank you for that YT link. A critical opinion, when well stated is worth its weight in gold.

[rscho]

Oh yes, font sizes say a lot about people! This is so clear to me now.

How does one increase font size on HN? I feel I deserve a larger font for my username!