> On Feb 11, 2017, at 6:15 AM, Robby Findler <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Okay, yet another old fart who chimes in here (and look, I am top-posting! ;).
The supposed conflict between "youngs" and "olds" is an insidious one in programming. The Racket community may be smaller than some, but it's still diverse enough to include "young farts" as well as impetuous older people ;) Software, like desert real estate, is cyclical. Boom and bust. IMO surviving one of the busts is a key experience for any programmer. This is somewhat a function of age, but also timing. A bust makes you realize: though many claim to be building things that will last, very few of them actually do. Against that backdrop, Racket's ~20 yr longevity is extremely rare, and very impressive. As for Discourse, I agree it looks nice. But the company behind it will very likely be gone within a couple years. Then it won't seem like much of a bargain. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/402B81E9-4962-47F0-B430-27E8AD64B473%40mbtype.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
