You've made some very good points, all of which I agree with.
I suppose I somewhat despise the Common Lisp "way" of things so much so that it distorts my perception of it. A lot of old JPL stuff was written in Lisp, and what you said about resilience strikes a chord with me.
I think the things that really stimulate me the most are things that a small, refined, core language can provide. I've always considered it a benefit that R7RS has become smaller and also that history will not look favorably to R6RS, I thought it was the wrong move. The projects that matter the most to me and to my sensibilities for scheme are abstract and academic. Check out namin's staged-minikanren repo on GitHub. (On mobile, else I'd link you) That is one of the most fascinating pieces of technology ever produced by humankind, imo, and it's written in a simple, common scheme. I think it actually evaluates on Racket, but you can see most of the code tastes like regular Scheme.
If I said that Common Lisp wasn't good, I surely regret it and can admit my wrong.
I wouldn't call Racket the best scheme, but certainly the most well known, as you say. It evolved in parallel to it's vision of meta-languages, and that's something I would argue entirely catalyzed by having a small, simple, functional core of Scheme. Racket could just as well have been Lisp, and it'd look and feel different, but the same magic would be lurking beneath the surface. It'd probably execute a lot faster these days too!
I suppose I somewhat despise the Common Lisp "way" of things so much so that it distorts my perception of it. A lot of old JPL stuff was written in Lisp, and what you said about resilience strikes a chord with me.
I think the things that really stimulate me the most are things that a small, refined, core language can provide. I've always considered it a benefit that R7RS has become smaller and also that history will not look favorably to R6RS, I thought it was the wrong move. The projects that matter the most to me and to my sensibilities for scheme are abstract and academic. Check out namin's staged-minikanren repo on GitHub. (On mobile, else I'd link you) That is one of the most fascinating pieces of technology ever produced by humankind, imo, and it's written in a simple, common scheme. I think it actually evaluates on Racket, but you can see most of the code tastes like regular Scheme.
If I said that Common Lisp wasn't good, I surely regret it and can admit my wrong.
I wouldn't call Racket the best scheme, but certainly the most well known, as you say. It evolved in parallel to it's vision of meta-languages, and that's something I would argue entirely catalyzed by having a small, simple, functional core of Scheme. Racket could just as well have been Lisp, and it'd look and feel different, but the same magic would be lurking beneath the surface. It'd probably execute a lot faster these days too!
Anyhow, thanks a lot for your insights.