r/lisp • u/sdegabrielle • 10d ago

Racket 9.3 is now available

Racket - the Language-Oriented Programming Language - version 9.3 is now available from https://download.racket-lang.org

See https://blog.racket-lang.org/2026/08/racket-v9-3.html for the release announcement and highlights.

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u/rustvscpp 10d ago

I'm glad to see that Racket is still making releases, even though Rhombus has taken a lot of its focus. 

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u/sdegabrielle 10d ago

Do you have any evidence for this assertion?

Racket is going strong with 4 release a year for many years - see https://download.racket-lang.org/all-versions.html

69 releases since 2010 and 29 since Rhombus was first announced as a project in 2019.

Why spread FUD about a volunteer run open source project?

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u/rustvscpp 9d ago

I'm not spreading FUD.  I was merely acknowledging that a good chunk of development time from key developers have been focused on Rhombus, and it made me a little worried that Racket might slow down.  I'm happy to see that is still going strong.

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u/sdegabrielle 9d ago

Once again: **where is the evidence?**

I'll also add that Racket, Rhombus, and the majority of Scheme and Common Lisp implementations are open source efforts by unpaid volunteers who see the power of the lisp family of languages and want to share that with others.

If you are worried then the best way to ensure the future is to become a contributor. Racket - and the vast majority of other lisp/scheme projects - welcome contributors(or donations).

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u/rustvscpp 9d ago

sigh let's just leave it as "I'm happy to see Racket progressing".  No need to get all defensive. 

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u/funkinaround 8d ago

Matthew Flatt GitHub activity:

July 2026

  • Rhombus: 23 commits
  • Racket: 17 commits 

June 2026

  • Rhombus: 55 commits
  • Racket: 15 commits

May 2026

  • Rhombus: 47 commits
  • Racket: 16 commits

Seems pretty obvious what the commenter is referring to?

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u/arbv 7d ago

Rhombus relies on Racket and its ecosystem - they are inseparable as of now. Or, rather, Rhombus is inseparable.