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I've been reading about how Racket is used for academic research, but I'm having a problem finding commercial success stories in business and/or start ups. Is anyone having any success using Racket commercially or am I barking up the wrong tree? I ask because I've got an idea for a start up and am evaluating languages and tools at the moment.
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Yes, Racket is indeed used commercially. There are many reasons to use Racket.
What is Racket? It is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm programming language based on the Scheme dialect of Lisp. It is designed to be a platform for programming language design and implementation. It is also used for scripting, computer science education, and research.
However, Racket is not a popular language for commercial software development. Most companies use more popular languages like Java, C++, and Python to develop their products and internal software. So while knowledge of Racket can be useful, it's not essential for a career in coding.
So, you are going to need that documentation to take advantage of Racket. So it is easy to learn, because there is a lot of documentation, but it is also hard, because you need to actually read it. You cannot pick up Racket in a few weekends.
Several companies are using Racket commercially. One significant example is Untyped, which built their scheduling/workflow tracker system Kahu in Racket, and also uses it for other projects.
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We are using mzscheme commercially. Mzscheme is power R5RS implementation from plt (racket).
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