Matthias, I ask that you please not respond to discussion about the diversity of the Racket community by saying it's a political topic and politics have no place here. That statement alone is political and makes many people feel unwelcome, including me.
On the topic of a new syntax: I am strongly in favor. I think it will remove barriers to entry that have deterred many potential Racketeers. And if there's one community I trust to put care and thoughtfulness into a surface syntax design, it's the Racket community. On Monday, July 15, 2019 at 10:19:16 AM UTC-6, Matthias Felleisen wrote: > > > > > On Jul 14, 2019, at 1:44 PM, someone wrote: > > > > - I am indeed very for growth in the community, though my main interest > > in growth is in seeing a wider diversity of participants than just > > raw numbers. Obviously other peoples' mileage may vary. > > > This is politics and politics has no business whatsoever on this mailing > list. I believe there are things such as Facebook, Instagram and other > Web-chambers where political opinions are welcome and echoes will always > confirm your opinions. > > ;; - - - > > Our policy has always been that everyone, absolutely everyone, is welcome > on this technical list to discuss technical issues. We don’t exclude > anyone. And everyone gets treated the same and gets productive responses if > possible. In particular, politics stays off this list; it’s divisive enough > in the rest of the world. > > Thank you — Matthias > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/a63d9bdb-4d5d-49e8-9451-d6524ac24752%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
