> And the JVM in browsers has been thoroughly supplanted by Javascript. 

I missed another VM: Racket2 should also target WebAssembly.

segunda-feira, 22 de Julho de 2019 às 14:44:06 UTC+1, Hendrik Boom escreveu:
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 02:19:39AM -0700, Maria Gabriela Guimarães wrote: 
> ... 
> > 
> > I have mentioned this one, and will repeat again: 
> > 
> > *Make Racket become Language-Oriented Programming on the JVM, the 
> ErlangVM, 
> > and perhaps other mainstream VMs.* 
>
> And the JVM in browsers has been thoroughly supplanted by Javascript. 
> The designers of Javaascript originally planned to put a Lisp on the 
> browser (possibly even a Scheme?) but were forced to give it a C-like 
> syntax. 
> Is Javascript the kind of Scheme-without-parentheses we're looking for? 
> Perhaps not; it isn't a design-your-own-language system. 
>
> -- hendrik 
>
> > 
> > Failing to target these VMs and you will be in the next 5 years asking 
> > again why Racket 2 is still hardly adopted. 
> > 
> > I can't say more regarding Racket's adoption strategy. 
> > 
> > Thanks 
> > Mário Guimarães 
>

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