#rC3-ChaosZone -  All Programming Language Suck?  Just Build Your Own! – Language-Oriented Programmi
Channel: media.ccc.de
Date: 29/12/2020

https://media.ccc.de/v/csr20-83-all-programming-language-suck-just-build-your-own-language-oriented-programming-with-racket



All languages have warts, wats, defects, and things that are just plain bad taste.  Unless, of course, it's your language.  Usually, implementing and maintaining your own language is a lot of work, but the Racket programming system makes creating a language as easy as having breakfast (almost) and thus a routine activity.  Pick and assemble what you like from other languages, sprinkle your own favorite features, and voila - there's your fun experiment, your medium of expression, your educational language, your DSL.

Racket's secret is its flexible syntax (hailing from Lisp), and its world-class macro system which is both super-powerful and easy to learn and use.  (Going far beyond classic Lisp.)  What's great is that you don't have to do all the work: Languages are just libraries of macros in Racket, and they can seamlessly interoperate with the Racket base language and each other.  Don't worry if you dislike parentheses: Racket has you covered there, too.

Mike Sperber

https://cfp.chaoszone.cz/csr20/talk/AFLFER/