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Re: Racket

#11

Post by gorm » Mon, Jun 07, 2010, 7:36 PM UTC

As if we are not already busy learning clojure?

Re: Racket

#12

Post by jey » Mon, Jun 07, 2010, 7:41 PM UTC

Ixiaus wrote: post #9

jey wrote: post #5

Weird that it doesn't mention that it's the language formerly known as PLT Scheme.

Not really a "language" but an implementation of the Scheme programming language.

IIRC, the whole point of renaming it Racket is to show that PLT Scheme is "more than just scheme".

Re: Racket

#13

Post by spooneybarger » Mon, Jun 07, 2010, 7:53 PM UTC

gorm wrote: post #11

As if we are not already busy learning clojure?

You're learning clojure and don't know scheme?

Re: Racket

#14

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jun 07, 2010, 7:53 PM UTC

gorm wrote: post #11

As if we are not already busy learning clojure?

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Re: Racket

#15

Post by muuh-gnu » Mon, Jun 07, 2010, 8:00 PM UTC

jheriko wrote: post #6

Its cool, but I wonder just how many high-level web oriented languages we really need...

Homo sapiens is pretty cool too, but I wonder how many walking talking apes we really need... Random mutation + diversity + natural selection isnt yielding working, practical results only for biological organisms.

You sound like we should simply take the first best anything we run into and than stick with it unconditionally for the sole purpose of not having to spend time looking over the wall.

Do you at least remember the day back then when you lost your adventuresomeness?

Re: Racket

#16

Post by j_baker » Mon, Jun 07, 2010, 8:12 PM UTC

jheriko wrote: post #6

Its cool, but I wonder just how many high-level web oriented languages we really need...

I don't think I would call scheme "web-oriented".

Re: Racket

#17

Post by teamonkey » Mon, Jun 07, 2010, 8:27 PM UTC

jey wrote: post #12

Ixiaus wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not really a "language" but an implementation of the Scheme programming language.

IIRC, the whole point of renaming it Racket is to show that PLT Scheme is "more than just scheme".

Or rather, to show that it's not just R6RS Scheme.

Re: Racket

#18

Post by KirinDave » Mon, Jun 07, 2010, 8:34 PM UTC

We really need to give kudos to these guys. They have been persistent for years in developing a high quality Scheme, and then taking it to the next level. PLT Scheme is practical in its library design, flexible in its reader, meticulous in its documentation and fast as an execution engine.

Making a language fast and well-documented is a thankless task. It's nothing short of a herculean accomplishment for these guys to come out of left field with such a fantastic offering.

Re: Racket

#19

Post by cgbystrom » Mon, Jun 07, 2010, 8:41 PM UTC

Languages aside, I don't think the world needs another VM. Can't people just target an existing one? Please?

Re: Racket

#20

Post by mhd » Mon, Jun 07, 2010, 8:49 PM UTC

jheriko wrote: post #6

Its cool, but I wonder just how many high-level web oriented languages we really need...

Is "web-oriented" the new, more polite "not as fast as Fortran"?