Re: [racket-users] Possible Racket2 ideas from other languages

2019-08-19 Thread Stephen De Gabrielle
Hi Jimmy I guess I had assumed Racket2 would also be an opportunity as a standard > library upgrade, maybe take into account some of the "remix" library ideas, > things like that. > My understanding of the 'Racket2' RFC's process is it is about offering a new syntax to make Racket more accessible

Re: [racket-users] Possible Racket2 ideas from other languages

2019-08-19 Thread Jimmy Ruska
Thanks Stephen, I'm aware of the RFC page and that it's a community driven project. In terms of flexibility, racket feels like it is the most powerful language. I have written racket in production for Global Payments for a major data migration tool, although they made me rewrite it in python 3 aft

Re: [racket-users] Possible Racket2 ideas from other languages

2019-08-19 Thread Stephen De Gabrielle
Thanks Jimmy, This is a really interesting list. I think many of the items will interest others. [I’m not part of the Racket team - so the following is my opinion] I think it is important to remember open source project that runs on volunteer efforts of individual contributors building the packa

[racket-users] Possible Racket2 ideas from other languages

2019-08-18 Thread Jimmy Ruska
I've compiled a list of really nice features from other languages/applications https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gCfE9I7FMNJILKlL1RWGMn1AS_pWpIV73DsWlrApSx0/edit?usp=sharing I have more ideas than time, and I'm sure some of these may sound ridiculous or be way too time consuming, but hopefull