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Bloat?

• gus_massa 12y ago
  You mean "batteries included"? :) [Disclaimer: I also like the idea of RSR7S small.] Just now there is a major reorganization in the Racket repository. The idea is to split it in a core part and may small packages. The objective is one day having many installers. For example one with only the minimal support for racket, one with everything including the kitchen sink, ...
  • samth 12y ago
    While indeed we are doing a major refactoring of the repository, the split into many packages has already happened. And you can download the Minimal Racket installer today!
• coldtea 12y ago
  You'll have to be more specific. Bloat is a content-less word for software. Most naive users complain about "bloat" for stuff like program file sizes on disk, not knowing that most of it is assets (icons, etc). Others think that having two many options in the menus, features etc slow the program down, not realizing that in most programs stuff is run and loaded dynamically, and a features you don't use don't affect the speed at all. Others yet think that only 20% of the features is needed (those that THEY use, of course) ignoring the fact that while a core set of features is common to all users, a large part of them are in non-overlapping set. E.g.: "Who needs a word-counter in Word?" -- well, if you're a journalist, it's your #1 more useful function.