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Re:Ohm – A library and language for building parsers, interp... by coldtea on Saturday March 27, 2021 @05:11PM (#26605680)
When they want a library and toolkit for building parsers and languages, rather than a general programming language based on Scheme.
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Re:Ohm – A library and language for building parsers, interp... by dunefox on Saturday March 27, 2021 @06:44PM (#26606288)
So, I guess you don't know why OP specifically asked about Racket: https://www.cs.utah.edu/plt/dagstuhl19/ https://beautifulracket.com/stacker/why-make-languages.html
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Re:Ohm – A library and language for building parsers, interp... by coldtea on Saturday March 27, 2021 @06:55PM (#26606362)
Nah, I know about Racket's DSL support and touting itself as friengly to language writing, but it's still not the same as a dedicated parsing toolkit, the same way I wouldn't consider a Lisp with reader macros equivalent either...
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Re:Ohm – A library and language for building parsers, interp... by branneman on Saturday March 27, 2021 @05:41PM (#26605894)
... but racket basically exists to create parsers and languages. It happens to also be a general programming language. But so is JS nowadays with Node.
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