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racket
- Racket Language
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Racket–the Language-Oriented Programming Language–version 8.12 is now available
Racket—the Language-Oriented Programming Language—version 8.12 is now available from https://racket-lang.org
See https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-v8-12-is-now-availab... for the release announcement and highlights.
Thank you to the many people who contributed to this release!
Feedback Welcome
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Racket version 8.11.1 is now available
Racket version 8.11.1 is now available from https://racket-lang.org/
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Ask HN: Does anyone Lisp without Emacs?
Racket (https://racket-lang.org) has an IDE (DrRacket) which isn't EMACS. ARC (which powers hacker news) is (was?) written in Racket.
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Douglas Crockford, author of ‘Javascript: the good parts’ and ‘How Javascript works’ will be giving the keynote presentation From Here To Lambda And Back Again at the thirteenth RacketCon.
Nice! Repeating a comment I just made on HN: I signed up for RacketCon, will be joining remotely. I am looking forward to it a lot. Usually I use the Racket language perhaps for 10% of my personal projects, but I am currently writing a Racket AI book, so all things Racket are of current interest. Past RacketCons have been a lot of fun. I usually use Common Lisp, but Racket is batteries included Scheme, and more, and is a very pleasant language and ecosystem. Just in case you don’t have Racket installed: https://racket-lang.org/
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Douglas Crockford to Keynote 'From Here to Lambda and Back Again' at Racke
I signed up for RacketCon, joining remotely. I am looking forward to it a lot. Usually I use the Racket language perhaps for 10% of my personal projects, but I am currently writing a Racket AI book, so all things Racket are of current interest.
Past RacketCons have been a lot of fun.
I usually use Common Lisp, but Racket is batteries included Scheme, and more, and is a very pleasant language and ecosystem. Just in case you don’t have Racket installed: https://racket-lang.org/
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Ask HN: What is the most suitable Scheme implementation to learn today?
I'd suggest Racket (https://racket-lang.org) which is a batteries-included language environment that includes scheme and has a lot of high-quality documentation.
Guile (https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/) isn't quite as learner-focused but is another great choice.
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What Programming Languages are Best for Kids?
How did I get to the bottom of the page and not ONE person has recommended racket?
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Setting up a Scheme coding environment in VS code?
The Racket fork of CS supports Apple Silicon natively, and can be installed independently: https://github.com/racket/racket/blob/master/racket/src/ChezScheme/BUILDING Chez adds a few features (threads, ffi, ...) to R6RS; there is a useful combined index to TSPL4 and the CS User Guide at http://cisco.github.io/ChezScheme/csug9.5/csug_1.html
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Is SICP an overkill for a 14 year old?
If you're using SICP in Scheme (or are you doing the JS version?) then you may want to look at How to Design Programs. It uses Racket which is a Scheme descendent so much of the language you've learned in SICP will work in it without issue. It also has a pretty good set of GUI and drawing capabilities you can find through the Racket docs page and will use some of with HTDP.
crystal
- A Language for Humans and Computers
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Top Paying Programming Technologies 2024
27. Crystal - $77,104
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Crystal 1.11.0 Is Released
I like the first code example on https://crystal-lang.org
# A very basic HTTP server
- Is Fortran "A Dead Language"?
- Choosing Go at American Express
- Odin Programming Language
- I Love Ruby
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Ruby 3.3's YJIT: Faster While Using Less Memory
Obviously as an interpreted language, it's never going to be as fast as something like C, Rust, or Go. Traditionally the ruby maintainers have not designed or optimized for pure speed, but that is changing, and the language is definitely faster these days compared to a decade ago.
If you like the ruby syntax/language but want the speed of a compiled language, it's also worth checking out Crystal[^1]. It's mostly ruby-like in syntax, style, and developer ergonomics.[^2] Although it's an entirely different language. Also a tiny community.
[1]: https://crystal-lang.org/
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What languages are useful for contribution to the GNOME project.
Crystal is a nice language that's not only simple to read and write but performs very well too. And the documentation is amazing as well.
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Jets: The Ruby Serverless Framework
Ruby is a super fun scripting language. I much prefer it to python when I need something with a little more "ooomph" than bash. It's just...nice...to write in. Ruby performance has come a long way in the last decade as well. There's libraries for pretty much everything.
My modern programming toolkit is basically golang + ruby + bash and I am never left wanting.
I do find Crystal (https://crystal-lang.org/) really interesting and am hoping it has its own "ruby on rails" moment that helps the language reach a tipping point in popularity. All the beauty of ruby with all of the speed of Go (and then some, it often compares favorably to languages like rust in benchmarks).
What are some alternatives?
Visual Studio Code - Visual Studio Code
zig - General-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.
clojure - The Clojure programming language
Nim - Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language. It combines successful concepts from mature languages like Python, Ada and Modula. Its design focuses on efficiency, expressiveness, and elegance (in that order of priority).
nannou - A Creative Coding Framework for Rust.
go - The Go programming language
antlr-tsql
Elixir - Elixir is a dynamic, functional language for building scalable and maintainable applications
babashka - Native, fast starting Clojure interpreter for scripting
mint-lang - :leaves: A refreshing programming language for the front-end web
coalton - Coalton is an efficient, statically typed functional programming language that supercharges Common Lisp.
Odin - Odin Programming Language