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Programming - How Racket Went Meta

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  • Presented by Matthew Flatt, co-creator of Racket

Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.

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Programming languagesLanguage design and type systemsLisp and Clojure

Matthew Flatt explains the evolution of Racket and its powerful macro and language-building capabilities.

Matthew Flatt - How Racket Went Meta Presented at Programming 2017 2017.programmingconference.org/event/programming-2017-keynot…

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What people say. Recommended as an excellent talk on language design and the power of Racket's meta-programming.

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