Racket 5.3.2

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It supports the creation of new programming languages through a rich, expressive syntax system.

Racket, as its predecessor PLT Scheme is a variant of Scheme.

The language supports scripting.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· The new `file/untar', `file/untgz', and `file/unzip' libraries support unpacking widely used archive formats.
· The new `lazy-require' form allows programs to delay the loading and instantiation of helper modules until they are needed.
· The new `data/bit-vector' library provides an implementation of bit vectors (a mutable sequence of booleans) supporting popcount.
· The `racket/generic' library allows the specification of default method implementations for core datatypes.
· The `openssl' library can verify hostnames and use the operating system's certificate store to verify certificates.

Via: Racket 5.3.2