-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 21-12-11 18:57, Eli Barzilay wrote: >> Since I'm talking, I might as well mention my personal opinion >> on the strong points of racket (besides the (non-)obvious ones >> of having advanced macros, first-class continuations and all that >> kind of stuff) since these might be worth mentioning on the front >> page: [...gui...] [...web-server...] > > Yeah, including these things would be good, if someone can compose > a similarly short and understandable and not-too-buzz-wordy text > out of them.
Right, so let's brainstorm a bit. GUI: cross-platform native GUI library unified native GUI programming for Windows, OS X and Linux native cross-platform widgets cross-platform graphics cross-platform graphical library that supports writing cross-platform native GUI applications Web: continuation-enabled web server direct style web programming direct style web programming with continuation-enabled web server non-inverted web programming writing web applications as normal programs that let's you write web applications as normal programs that let's you write web applications without inverting control flow Racket: Racket is a unique general-purpose programming language with strong support for domain-specific languages, that enables you to do unified native GUI programming for Windows, OS X and Linux, and let's you write web applications without inverting control flow. Who's next? ;P Marijn -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7y8iAACgkQp/VmCx0OL2wuOACfS96l5P6nDCcJwW9V0R0O35Qp Y7wAnioWjgJmXru3m3jt8GOZy4bKq2YG =u51W -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/dev