INTRODUCTION
In this book we explore using Racket (a language descended from the Scheme family of programming languages—which in turn descended from Lisp) and DrRacket, a graphical environment that allows us to make the most of all the features of Racket. One of the attractive features of this ecosystem is that it’s equipped with a plethora of libraries that cover a wide range of disciplines. The developers describe Racket as a system that has “batteries included.” This makes it an ideal platform for the interactive investigation of various topics in computer science and mathematics.
Given Racket’s Lisp pedigree, we would be remiss to omit functional ...
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