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The result was Nomination withdrawn. Snow keep. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 19:04, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Declined proposed deletion. My reasoning then, as now, was "Seemingly unnotable book; I can't find anything that suggests it gets over the bars of WP:NBOOK or WP:GNG". Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 19:26, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 19:27, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: As I described on Talk:Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation. --Eli Barzilay 19:40, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
  • A more thorough list of places that use the book: Aarhus Universitet, Adelphi University, Allegheny College, Ben Gurion University, Brigham Young University, Brown University, California Polytechnic State University, Columbus State, Delft University of Technology, Earlham College, Ewha Womans University, Grinnell College, Helsinki University of Technology, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Kerala, Istanbul Bilgi University, Kansas State University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Lewis and Clark College, Linkpings Universitet, Marquette University, Michigan Technological University, Mills College, Naresuan University, New York University, Northeastern University, Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg, Portland State University, Purdue University, Reed College, Rice University, San Jose State University, Sonoma State University, State Engineering University of Armenia, Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Universidad de Chile, Universidade de Sao Paulo, University of British Columbia, University of California at San Diego, University of California at Santa Barbara, University of Chicago, University of Kansas, University of Nebraska-Kearney, University of New Brunswick, University of Northern Iowa, University of Rhode Island, University of San Diego, The University of the South, University of Utah, University of Waterloo, University of Western Ontario, Washington University in St. Louis, Western Washington University, Westmont College, Williams College, WPI. --Eli Barzilay 19:47, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

• You mean as a course text? Do you have a source for this? Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 20:01, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Yes, as textbook. I know in person about 5 places that use it, but it is often easy to google the places where it is mentioned. Not sure that a list of links would be appropriate though. --Eli Barzilay 20:07, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
• The following page https://github.com/plt/racket/wiki/Courses-using-Racket documents several courses that use it. For example, see the CS 311 syllabus at UBC -- Takikawa (talk) 20:40, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: this seems to comfortably satisfy WP:TEXTBOOKS NormanGray (talk) 20:10, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: As I described on Talk:Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation. --Matthias Felleisen, 14:54, 24 Nov 2014
  • The book is one of the first complete and comprehensive books on programming languages that is available on-line, that has been developed as if it were a piece of software itself, and that presents a totally unique perspective on the research area. It would be Wikipedia's loss if this article and pointer were deleted.{

• Keep: The book clearly fulfills "The book is, or has been, the subject of instruction at two or more schools,[5] colleges, universities or post-graduate programs in any particular country" -- Jens Axel Søgaard
• Keep: As described in Talk:Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation, The book fulfills "...The book is, or has been, the subject of instruction at two or more schools" --- Spencer Florence

188.183.250.62 (talk) 20:08, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• NOTE. Please sign comments using four tildes: (~~~~). One of the comments in this discussion is 'time-stamped' from before the discussion was even opened... Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 20:04, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: I've had occasion in the past to look for the book here and was glad there was an entry. -- Dougher (talk) 21:37, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: per WP:TBK. Lame Name (talk) 21:19, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: I use this text in my programming languages class at Northwestern University (Robby Findler)

• Keep: I've been using this text in my programming languages class at Universidad de Chile for the last 8 years (Éric Tanter)

• Keep: I have used (and am currently using) this text in my programming languages course at Westmont College since 2007. The text is significantly superior to others I have considered. -- Wayne Iba Wfi (talk) 03:18, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep: A Google search for "Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation" syllabus 2014 shows this book is in active use at many institutions, even some that are not on the list at the top. It's also listed on this Computer Science Book Reading List. Nah22 (talk) 03:18, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: I teach the Programming Languages course at Vassar College, and have been preparing to use this text when we offer the course again next year. (Marc Smith)

• List of URLs: Since places that use the book to teach seem like an important point in this argument, here is a list of links that I have found. It is of course not complete in any real way -- I personally know about a few places that are not on here since they don't have public course pages, and about some places that have taught using the book in the past but do not keep older course pages. BTW, there is also a list of places that have used the course in the Open Textbook Library.

Adelphi University, Ben Gurion University, Brigham Young University, Brown University, California Polytechnic State University, Columbus State, Delft University of Technology, Grinnell College, Istanbul Bilgi University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, New York University, Northeastern University, Northwestern University, Purdue University, Reed College, Rice University, Sonoma State University, State Engineering University of Armenia, Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Universidad de Chile, Universidade de Sao Paulo, University of British Columbia, University of California at San Diego, University of Kansas, University of New Brunswick, University of Northern Iowa, University of Rhode Island, The University of the South, University of Utah, University of Washington, University of Waterloo, Westmont College, Williams College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. --Eli Barzilay 20:01, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

• Keep After checking some of the links, it is clear that this textbook is used in more than two colleges/universities and thus meets WP:BKCRIT #4. --I am One of Many (talk) 06:51, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• NOMINATION WITHDRAWN. Fairly obvious where this is going, and I'm not seeing any delete !votes, so anyone passing can close this whenever they want. Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 16:53, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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