I think the new website is great! If I could change one thing, I would edit the first paragraph of the “Any Syntax” section. Instead of “Real Racket programmers love parentheses”, maybe something like “Racket programmers usually love parentheses”, and instead of “is almost as easy as building beautiful languages”, perhaps “is almost as easy as building parenthesized languages”.
As it is, when I read that paragraph I get a strong signal that other syntax is possible, grudgingly, and that it's a second-class choice. While I (and many of us) think that S-expressions are the best general-purpose programming notation, I think we tend to agree that there are times when other notations are preferable (eg. Scribble). Even if it's largely the status quo now, I don't think we should advertise that you should either love parentheses or get out. All in all, though, I think the new content does a great job at explaining to programmers that Racket is a good and safe choice for general-purpose programming while also explaining Racket's special position as a platform for language-oriented programming. I think that's a big improvement over previous versions. -- 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/20190611160029.GA10075%40conspirator. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
