# Blog post: 'Racket: The Lisp for the modern day'

**URL:** <https://racket.discourse.group/t/blog-post-racket-the-lisp-for-the-modern-day/2066>\
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**Created:** [July 2, 2023, 10:50am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/blog-post-racket-the-lisp-for-the-modern-day/2066 "2023-07-02T10:50:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 10:50am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/blog-post-racket-the-lisp-for-the-modern-day/2066/1 "2023-07-02T10:50:17Z")

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Hi,

I don't think this has been shared here:

> **[Racket: The Lisp for the modern day](https://www.deusinmachina.net/p/racket-the-scheme-you-should-try)**
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> You should give it a try!

Thanks to @Decabytes for writing this.

Stephen :beetle:

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**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 10:59am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/blog-post-racket-the-lisp-for-the-modern-day/2066/2 "2023-07-02T10:59:29Z")

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There is some nice anecdotes in the discussion on hacker news [Racket: Lisp for the modern day | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36519359)

> <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36526454>
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> I've been using Racket for about 8 years now, and it is now my goto language for anything that needs a gui. It took writing 3 or 4 not-so-little guis to feel comfortable working with Racket's object system, but now it basically goes at the speed of thought.\<p\>Lately I've been using Racket to prototype the interaction design for a game, and I had written some placeholder text. I had...