Q: What is Racket used for?

A: Racket is used for educational purposes, research, and general-purpose programming. Its strong typing and reflective capabilities make it suitable for teaching programming concepts and building domain-specific languages.

Q: How does Racket differ from Scheme?

A: While Racket is derived from Scheme, it extends the language with additional features like contractual programming, modularity, and a more comprehensive standard library. Racket also includes the DrRacket IDE, which is not part of standard Scheme implementations.

Q: Is Racket open-source?

A: Yes, Racket is open-source and available under a multi-licensing model, including the Apache Software License 2.0 and MIT License.

A: DrRacket is the official integrated development environment (IDE) for Racket, designed to simplify the learning and use of the language. It provides features like syntax highlighting, debugging, and a REPL.

Q: Can Racket be used for web development?

A: Yes, Racket can be used for web development through frameworks like Web Server Racket, which allows for building web applications with ease.

Racket

functional and contractual programming language, with strong, dynamic and reflective typing, derived from Scheme

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Instance of: programming language, multi-paradigm programming language, functional programming language, procedural programming language, modular programming language, object-based language^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]
Award received: Programming Languages Software Award^[2]
Inception: 1995
Official website: racket-lang.org
Copyright license: GNU Lesser General Public License, Apache Software License 2.0, MIT License, multi-licensing^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]
Developer: Matthias Felleisen^[8]
Dialect of computer language: Scheme (programming language)
Different from: Racket
File extension: rkt, rktl, rktd, plt, ss, scm
Number of viewers/listeners: +368728
Official name: Racket, PLT Scheme
Programming paradigm: object-oriented programming, procedural programming, functional programming, multi-paradigm programming, modular programming, metaprogramming, reflective programming, language-oriented programming
Readable file format: Scribble
Social media followers: 27 (27–6.9k, n=5)
Software version identifier: 9 (8.1–9, n=12)^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]
Typing discipline: dynamic typing, strong typing
Writable file format: Scribble

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 22

Library of Congress authority ID: sh2013000901
GND ID: 1050209265
OpenAlex ID: C2778707667
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Drracket.png ↗
AlternativeTo software ID: racket
Dewey Decimal Classification: 005.133
FAST ID: 1895157
Freebase ID: /m/0974fb
Gentoo Wiki article: Racket
GitHub topic: racket, racket-language, racket-lang
MacPorts port: racket
Mastodon address: racketlang@mastodon.social

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Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2778707667
NL CR AUT ID: ph903883
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007568232505171
OpenSUSE package: racket
Stack Exchange tag: stackoverflow.com
X (Twitter) username: racketlang
Yale LUX ID: concept/e2d21b72-d842-41ae-a162-eb5eceb0c4fb
YouTube channel ID: UC8uSLYDanXDnP9Yn8UrTNzQ
YouTube handle: racketlang
Zhihu topic ID: 19876520

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Programming paradigm 7

object-oriented programming, functional programming, procedural programming, metaprogramming, modular programming, reflective programming, language-oriented programming

Instance of 6

programming language, multi-paradigm programming language, object-based language, functional programming language, procedural programming language, modular programming language

MIT License, multi-licensing, Apache Software License 2.0

← Programmed in 3

BreezeWiki, Racket, racket-mode

Typing discipline 2

strong typing, dynamic typing

Award received 1

Programming Languages Software Award

Developer 1

Matthias Felleisen

Different from 1

Racket

← Based on 1

Arc

← Different from 1

Racket

← Has use 1

racket-mode

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Racket is a programming language^[1].

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1995 marks the founding of Racket^[25].

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What awards did Racket receive?

Honors received include Programming Languages Software Award^[2].

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[3] ↑ Racket — instance of (P31): multi-paradigm programming language. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Racket — instance of (P31): functional programming language. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Racket — instance of (P31): procedural programming language. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Racket — instance of (P31): modular programming language. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Racket — instance of (P31): object-based language. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Racket — award received (P166): Programming Languages Software Award. sigplan.org. Retrieved 2026-01-02. sigplan.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Racket — developer (P178): Matthias Felleisen. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Racket — copyright license (P275): GNU Lesser General Public License. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Racket — copyright license (P275): Apache Software License 2.0. blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Racket — copyright license (P275): MIT License. blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Racket — copyright license (P275): multi-licensing. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Racket — software version identifier (P348): 8.8. blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Racket — software version identifier (P348): 8.9. blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Racket — software version identifier (P348): 8.10. blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Racket — software version identifier (P348): 8.11. blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Racket — software version identifier (P348): 8.12. blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Racket — software version identifier (P348): 8.13. blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Racket — software version identifier (P348): 8.14. blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Racket — software version identifier (P348): 8.15. blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Racket — software version identifier (P348): 8.16. blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Racket — software version identifier (P348): 8.17. blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Racket — software version identifier (P348): 8.18. blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Racket — software version identifier (P348): 9.0. blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Racket — inception (P571): 1995. wikidata.org.

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[1] ↑ Racket is an instance of programming language (Q9143) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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