At Wed, 29 Apr 2020 11:14:47 +0200, Dexter Lagan wrote: > To the point: what would make Racket2 the ultimate tool (for me): > Performance. Faster startup times, shorter execution times in general. > Optionally, a ‘lite’ version of Racket that compiles directly to no-deps > binaries, bypassing the JIT altogether, would be a game-changer. As far as > high levels languages with functional concepts and metaprogramming facilities > that compiles to tiny, fast bins, Nim comes dangerously close, but it’s not a > Lisp, and it’s not Racket. > Production-quality, modern and fast GUI facilities. I’ll take properly > documented, complete Qt bindings. Racket/GUI is great for internal tools, but > it quickly becomes slow, tedious and limited for more complex client-facing > UIs. > One complete, commercial-grade Web framework, inspired from Symphony or > Laravel. Security and ease of use first, continuations later. > Better documentation: Racket docs are aesthetically very pleasing, complete > and detailed. However some parts are still very obscure and lacking simple > examples (if only the part about Continuations included just one basic > example, such as a ‘return’ implementation, on the very first page. If only > the Macros documentation started with define-simple-macro and a few very > basic, practical examples. Instead we’re greeted with pattern-based macros, > which although very powerful, are very hard to comprehend for newcomers).
Which of these things will you be working on? > I am well aware that what I’m wishing for isn’t necessarily compatible with > Racket’s intended public’s needs (comp-sci teachers and students? That’s the > impression I’m getting). But Racket is the most advanced general purpose > programming tool I’ve ever seen. Wouldn’t it be a shame if it was limited to > academic use? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN0qG-i1iT0&feature=youtu.be -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/5ea97134.1c69fb81.8c167.2c68SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING%40gmr-mx.google.com.
