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Racket? Racket had a moment a few years ago where it looked like it might take off. That ship sailed. It’s the ruby problem with extra steps.
by mansoon 4y ago
Racket?
Racket had a moment a few years ago where it looked like it might take off. That ship sailed. It’s the ruby problem with extra steps.
- wiseowise 4y agoWhat Ruby problem?
- mhuffman 4y ago> What Ruby problem? I suspect they mean that Rails gave Ruby its 15 mins. (and why the lucky stiff!) I, personally have no issues with Ruby (I was a very early adopter coming from Perl, C, C++, Python), but find it to be "Python with extra steps" more or less.
- bmitc 4y agoYea, and then the Racket team decided to pull the rug out from everyone and rewrite the surface layer (still not anywhere close to complete). But I was mainly listing languages that one should probably look into before claiming Python is a “best fit”. I also would like to know what the Ruby problem is? Is it referencing meta-programming?
- velcrovan 4y agoThe effort you refer to is called Rhombus, it is not a rewriting of any part of Racket, which continues to be developed and supported. I'm not a fan of the new project, since it means the core team is less focused on Racket than they otherwise would be. But, it's their life.