# Racket is...
* a general purpose programming language — a **modern** dialect of Lisp and a descendant of Scheme
* A project to explore the emerging idea of language-oriented programming
* a family of programming languages — variants of Racket; Rhombus, student languages, Typed Racket, Lazy Racket, and more!
* an implementation of the Racket Language(s) – with native code compiler,
* a set of tools—for using a family of programming languages,
* a diverse community using Racket in diverse ways.
Join us at
https://racket.discourse.group/ or
https://discord.gg/6Zq8sH5See **
https://racket-lang.org/** for more details.
Published at
2025-01-19 20:19:14Event JSON
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