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Re: why racket isn't used more Last time I did some json parsing it was poetry slow. I've also heard the continuation based webserver was slow and uses a lot o
by codygman 11y ago
Re: why racket isn't used more
Last time I did some json parsing it was poetry slow. I've also heard the continuation based webserver was slow and uses a lot of memory.
I'll have to benchmark again to be sure. I hope I'm wrong, racket was very enjoyable to use.
- drcode 11y agoGiven how passionately John Carmack posts about Racket development in his twitter feed, I suspect most of these performance issues can be overcome with more experience.
- truncate 11y agoJust wanted to add that you don't have to use continuations as such. I don't have any benchmarks on stateless web server, so can't say about its performance.
- soegaard 11y agoThere is a simple solution: Don't use continuation. Write your web-app in the same way you would in Python or similar. See "Low-level web programming in Racket + a wiki in 500 lines" by Matt Might: http://matt.might.net/articles/low-level-web-in-racket/ http://matt.might.net/articles/low-level-web-in-racket/
- codygman 11y agoI saw this and it made me very happy. I was going to mention it in my original comment but I couldn't remember the link. I'm going to put this in my "tutorial TODO" list, it looks like a lot of fun! Thanks :)