[racket] Getting started with R6RS

I like the #lang format, but it doesn't work when I embed 5.0 in C programs. The 'modules' format works fine. Am I doing something wrong?

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On May 14, 2011, at 8:32 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote:

> Two hours ago, Shriram Krishnamurthi wrote:
>> 
>> Much the same as, when I used to write lots of shell programs, I
>> didn't really think about writing a #! on the first line, until
>> there was some reason to know how the file was being interpreted, at
>> which point I was glad I could just read it off the first line.
>> 
>> #lang is just #! done right.  Maybe it should be presented that way.
>> (And then the Windows weenies will ask, "What's #!?"...)
> 
> That's a *really* good analogy.  It determines the language in a
> similar way, and it's magical in a similar way.  (That is, trying to
> understand how it works involves obscure kernel level hacks for how
> these files are considered executables, how they're being executed,
> etc.)
> 
> Making this analogy would probably be very useful for Elliott's case,
> but even if you ignore the windows crowd I think that too few people
> know about it enough to make it effective.
> 
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