I think using Racket should be avoided because of its problematic community. I've had disgusting experiences interacting with people from Racket community in the past, but so far I thought I was the only one. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that way. Recently, a computer Scientist Leandro Facchinetti described in his video his ugly experiences with top people in Racket community. The experience was such that he completely gave up his PHD and the use of Racket forever. You can view the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wY7FBtr7_c In the video Leandro Facchinetti says: Speaking of people, it's very sad that I had same bad experiences with some people in the Racket community, especially the people up top because they are the kind of people who are smart and they know about it and they will not lose a chance to tell you. I'll give you some examples: I was at the Racket conference having dinner with one of the creators of the language and some other attendees and the creator of the language had some very good points about higher education and how it is kind of a scam in the U.S. but to prove his point he decided some questions to the waiter that were kind of uncomfortable and everyone at the table kind of cringed. Of course, the waiter was gratious about it but still...
As another example, I was talking to another one of the creators of the language and he called one of my collaborators a doofus and the educators at my university, which used to be John Hopkins University, a bunch of donkeys. I understand that he had some points to make about how educators work but this is not the way you make them, right?
It comes to a point that when I was talking to the students of these people, they're kind of afraid of talking to their advisors and I must admit that spending time with these people is one of the reasons why I decided to drop out of the PHD and leave academia all together, because if that's how it looks like to be successful in these communities I think I prefer to try to be successful somewhere else.
It comes to a point that when I was talking to the students of these people, they're kind of afraid of talking to their advisors and I must admit that spending time with these people is one of the reasons why I decided to drop out of the PHD and leave academia all together, because if that's how it looks like to be successful in these communities I think I prefer to try to be successful somewhere else.