That's not the case at all. The core of Racket, its syntax and basic constructs, is basically the small and elegant Scheme we all known and love. What set Rack

That's not the case at all. The core of Racket, its syntax and basic constructs, is basically the small and elegant Scheme we all known and love. What set Racket apart is all of the additional features that was built around that tiny core (its own OO system, for example), as well as a huge standard library.