[racket-dev] haskell's 'hell of a lot of libraries', planet

On Jul 28, 2010, at 10:03 AM, Dave Gurnell wrote:

> Racket's main distribution is big and takes time to compile and install. I'd personally be in favour of a leaner core distribution with more code in external packages, so I can choose what I download when I'm only interested in a single web application. Of course, it would also useful to have a "kitchen sink" distribution that gives you everything you need if you don't have a network connection on your PC.


That was an extremely timely remark, and I suspect that Eli will now offer to buy you two Scotch next time we get together in Edinburgh.