10:35 <Tuplanolla> How do you get the language out of `read-language`? I tried `(read-language (open-input-string "#lang racket\n"))`, but the resulting procedure just returns its second argument instead of `"racket"`.

13:42 <samth> Tuplanolla: the point of `read-language` is to get the relevant `get-info` function; not to read the syntax of #lang line

13:43 <Tuplanolla> Oh, okay. I'll use `read-syntax` then.

14:40 <mwnaylor> Does Racket have its own labriaries/modules for input and output or does it use the ones from its Scheme origin?

14:43 <mwnaylor> I/O is one of the things that has kept me back from a deep embrace of the Lisp family of languages. Clojure being the current exception, since it simplfies things with slurp and spit, or falls back on the JVM libraries.

14:49 <samth> mwnaylor: I'm not sure what you are asking. Racket has an extensive IO library, some of those functions are also functions in the scheme standard.

15:00 <mwnaylor> samth: That's basically it. If work through examples meant for Scheme, I won't have any problems doing it with Racket.

15:01 <samth> mwnaylor: existing scheme code using IO, if it's only using standard scheme, will likely work in Racket, although I would probably recommend starting with Racket if that's your goal.

15:03 <mwnaylor> I guess I need Racket focused tutorials, then. I have a decent general programming background; my best Lisps are elisp and Clojure.

15:07 <samth> mwnaylor: the tutorials at the top of https://docs.racket-lang.org/ are good

15:09 <mwnaylor> samth: Thanks, will start there. Is is there a downloadable version I do I need and active internet connection?

15:12 <samth> mwnaylor: your racket installation should come with them already locally

15:19 <mwnaylor> samth: yes, I see that now.

15:36 <mwnaylor> I may play with How To Design Programs (https://htdp.org/2020-5-6/Book/index.html), since it seems to go hand-in-glove with Racket.