10:44 <msiism> Is there any actual benefit in defining a `main` function and then running `(main args)` in a Racket program? I tend to think there isn't.

10:52 <d3mon> howdy, how do I strip a trailing newline from a string

10:54 <msiism> You could use `substring`. Maybe there are better ways.

10:55 <d3mon> ah yes

10:55 <d3mon> thanks

10:55 <d3mon> I'll stick around in case there is a better way

10:57 <msiism> Oh, and there's `string-trim`, too.

10:58 <msiism> That's probably more appropriate.

11:26 <d3mon> ah great thanks

11:26 <d3mon> On an entirely different topic, what's the difference between equal? and eqiv?

11:36 <msiism> I'm not exactly sure, but this should give you an idea: https://beautifulracket.com/explainer/equality.html

13:01 <d3mon> thanks for that msiism

14:52 <msiism> Is there a way to obtain a function's name from within that function?

14:53 <msiism> Like, sort of in the same sense as you'd be able to obtain the invocation name of a program from within the program.

15:17 <ski> msiism : you might want to test out calling `main' interactively (e.g. with debugging), possibly trying different "command-line arguments", in an interactive session ?

15:19 <ski> (generally, functions need not have names (`lambda') .. that said, there might be some way to statically access such a name, in case there is any (iirc there's also maybe some things like `named-lambda' ?) .. i don't know)

15:20 <msiism> By callign interactively, you mean like in an interactive Racket session, right?

15:20 <msiism> s/callign/calling/

15:22 <msiism> The reason I asked about accessing a function's name is… not all too well-thought-out, actually… :)

16:47 <ski> yes