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 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.
