PLT Scheme being renamed to PLT Racket
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PLT Scheme being renamed to PLT Racket
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Re: PLT Scheme being renamed to PLT Racket
#2Is this some sort of early April Fools joke?
Re: PLT Scheme being renamed to PLT Racket
#3It looks to me as though they're opening the doors to extend Scheme beyond RxRS specifications. Or am I misreading their press release?
Re: PLT Scheme being renamed to PLT Racket
#4It looks to me as though they're opening the doors to extend Scheme beyond RxRS specifications. Or am I misreading their press release?
They already do.
Re: PLT Scheme being renamed to PLT Racket
#5Is this some sort of early April Fools joke?
I would have preferred PLT Parrot, but Racket will do.
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#6Re: PLT Scheme being renamed to PLT Racket
#7why not rename 'PLT' too?
'Higher-Order Internet Technology', 'HIT Racket'.
Not sure if names like Scheme, Racket and Swindle attract the right people...
Re: PLT Scheme being renamed to PLT Racket
#8It looks to me as though they're opening the doors to extend Scheme beyond RxRS specifications. Or am I misreading their press release?
You are. They already have a dialect of Scheme that contains many extensions beyond the RxRS specs, this is just giving it a name so that people stop confusing "PLT's dialect of Scheme" with "Scheme in general".
Personally, I'm not a big fan of the name "Racket", because it makes me think of tennis rather than racketeering. However, I do support the idea of having a PLT "brand" rather than a hodgepodge of names like DrScheme, MrEd and mzscheme.
Re: PLT Scheme being renamed to PLT Racket
#9Sounds like a great idea. My understanding is that PLT Scheme goes way beyond R5 (even R6), and with the new "R7" dual standard on the way, better to change the name now rather than later and be potentially confused with the upcoming R7 "big" Scheme.
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#10ponzi, would be just too cute perhaps ?