Racket Yet Vexes Me

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Long ago, Winston wrote that Racket frustrated him. Years passed. The code slept. The ache endured.

A small pull request came to `toml-racket`: inspect, test, merge.

Yet Racket took toll.

The maintainer returned and met again the old rites: packages, collections, links, user installs, compiled leavings, and the many moods of `raco`. A name that seemed plain was not the right name. A command that seemed near truth was not truth enough.

This is Racket’s sting. It is seldom dumb. It is worse: it is often correct.

Packages are not collections. Setup is not mere setup. The kingdom is ordered. The map is real.

But the weary maintainer came not seeking a kingdom. He came to mend a gate.

For those who dwell in Racket daily, the low beams are known. They duck without thought. When the traveler strikes his brow, they say, “Ah, but the house is sound.”

Mayhap. Yet the bruise remains.

Still, good came. The pull request was merged. The contributor was invited in. The old maintainer was thanked, not cast out. A small project gained another pair of hands.

So the old complaint stands.

Racket is fair, clever, and well-wrought. Yet it remains unmerciful. It offers a model where one wanted a path. And sometimes, when a little pull request waits, that is too much ceremony for one cup of tea.

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