On Sun, 4 Sept 2022 at 04:13, Philip McGrath <[email protected]> wrote:
> > However, in some cases you might really want a program other than `racket` > as the entry point for your language: for instance, maybe you want to have > flags for controlling where the output goes. One example of such a program > is the `scribble` executable included in the main Racket distribution. The > implementation is in < > https://github.com/racket/scribble/blob/master/scribble-lib/scribble/run.rkt>, > and the associated "info.rkt" file (< > https://github.com/racket/scribble/blob/master/scribble-lib/scribble/info.rkt>) > arranges for `raco setup` to create a `scribble` to run it. (This example > uses the old mzscheme-launcher-names/mzscheme-launcher-libraries instead of > the newer racket-launcher-names/racket-launcher-libraries: see > documentation at < > https://docs.racket-lang.org/raco/setup-info.html#%28idx._%28gentag._18._%28lib._scribblings%2Fraco%2Fraco..scrbl%29%29%29 > >.) > Thanks for the pointer. > It is possible to use Racket to implement languages that don't use #lang, > but you would loose many advantages like IDE support and well-defined > separate compilation, and you would need to use some fairly low-level > mechanisms. Unless there is a hard requirement, I'd recommend that you just > use #lang in your programs. I'm trying to write a standalone assembler (nothing to do with Racket), so I'm happy to lose this advantage! There are many possible ways to organize this… Thanks for this, that's exactly what I was after. -- https://rrt.sc3d.org -- 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/CAOnWdogTj%3DzMsqCZJhBv%2BiS8zpU2nqETgsiOOt7Wr7aAOmzNzA%40mail.gmail.com.
