On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 8:21 AM Matthew Flatt <mfl...@cs.utah.edu> wrote:
> 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'll step up. Matt, I need some help with Scribble and how to contribute to the Racket docs. I'd be willing to pay for a couple hours of your time (or whomever else's has the skill/knowledge) to walk me through that. After that I'll be happy to pitch in by offering documentation patches. This will be a big help for me, since I'm finding myself having trouble writing docs for my own code. > > > > 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 racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 > . > -- 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 racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CAE8gKoe%3D5XYkfveAKUy2b6iq7pfNJsZVr%3Djhh7G-8rszHrwfbQ%40mail.gmail.com.
