I've often heard this, but I don't really know of many people in the PL dev community who build their language in Racket. Also, I've taught a PL course and I tried to use Racket as a component, but students mostly just struggled with the LISP-y ness of it all, as they were primarily used to Java and Python. In all, I'm not really sure who Racket is for.

▲ nine_k 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I suppose, Racket is for CS grads / post-grads / researchers / professors. That is, not for those who just learn CS basics, but for those learnèd enough.

Students might use some simplified or customized languages produced with Racket. The syntax needs not be lispy; #lang algol60 is built in :)

	▲	petre 12 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Actually it's great for learning CS basics. https://zoo.cs.yale.edu/classes/cs201/Spring_2021/lectures/R...
	▲	Jeff_Brown 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		You list only academic positions. Has no popular software been written in it yet?

▲ igouy 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

fyi https://blog.cloudflare.com/topaz-policy-engine-design/

▲ maplant 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Idris is bootstrapped on scheme if I recall correctly

▲ attila-lendvai 2 hours ago | parent [-]

it's bootstrapped off of GHC.

it was only using ChezScheme as an optimizing compiler backend.

(i created a PR to refactor their build system to reify the bootstrap process all the way down from GHC. it basically generalized the normal build workflow of Idris2 to be able to animate the entire bootstrap chain from GHC. sadly, it was pretty much ignored, and later abandoned: https://github.com/idris-lang/Idris2/pull/1990)

▲ soegaard 2 hours ago | parent [-]

From the Idris 2 documentation:

    >> Can Idris 2 compile itself?
    > Yes, Idris 2 is implemented in Idris 2. By default, it targets Chez Scheme, 
    > so you can bootstrap from the generated Scheme code, as described in Section 
    > Getting Started.

Also, check this talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9YAOaBWuIk

	▲	attila-lendvai an hour ago \| parent [-]
		well, i wouldn't call that beeing bootstrapped. in this case the generated scheme code is just a strange form of executable file that happens to need ChezScheme to be executed. i.e. an ELF64 idris2 linux binary vs. an idris2.scm file that needs ChezScheme to come alive. as for Idris2 implemented in Idris2: well, yes, that's true for the current version of Idris2. but the first version of Idris2 was written in Idris1. and the first version of Idris1 was written in Haskell.