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Racket

functional and contractual programming language, with strong, dynamic and reflective typing, derived from Scheme
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Racket

Summary

Racket is a programming language[1]. Racket ranks in the top 3% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (551 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Racket received the Programming Languages Software Award[3].
  • Racket's instance of is recorded as programming language[4].
  • Racket's instance of is recorded as multi-paradigm programming language[5].
  • Racket's instance of is recorded as functional programming language[6].
  • Racket's instance of is recorded as procedural programming language[7].
  • Racket's instance of is recorded as modular programming language[8].
  • Racket's instance of is recorded as object-based language[9].
  • Racket's developer is recorded as Matthias Felleisen[10].
  • Racket's copyright license is recorded as GNU Lesser General Public License[11].
  • Racket's copyright license is recorded as Apache Software License 2.0[12].
  • Racket's copyright license is recorded as MIT License[13].
  • Racket's copyright license is recorded as multi-licensing[14].
  • Racket's software version identifier is recorded as 8.8[15].
  • Racket's software version identifier is recorded as 8.9[16].
  • Racket's software version identifier is recorded as 8.10[17].
  • Racket's software version identifier is recorded as 8.11[18].
  • Racket's software version identifier is recorded as 8.12[19].
  • Racket's software version identifier is recorded as 8.13[20].
  • Racket's software version identifier is recorded as 8.14[21].
  • Racket's software version identifier is recorded as 8.15[22].
  • Racket's software version identifier is recorded as 8.16[23].
  • Racket's software version identifier is recorded as 8.17[24].
  • Racket's software version identifier is recorded as 8.18[25].
  • Racket's software version identifier is recorded as 9.0[26].
  • Racket's Commons category is recorded as Racket (programming language)[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language[4], multi-paradigm programming language[5], functional programming language[6], procedural programming language[7], modular programming language[8], and object-based language[9].

History and Context

1995 marks the founding of Racket[28].

Why It Matters

Racket ranks in the top 3% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (551 views/month).[2] Racket has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Racket is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

FAQs

What awards did Racket receive?

Honors received include Programming Languages Software Award[3].

Related Entities

BreezeWiki functional programming language Matthias Felleisen modular programming language multi-paradigm programming language object-based language procedural programming procedural programming language programming language racket-mode

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . sigplan.org. Retrieved . sigplan.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . blog.racket-lang.org. blog.racket-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Ђидо · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'p
    Commons category → Racket (programming language)
    Sitelink count → 21
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P373]]: Racket (programming language)"
  2. 22w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dewey decimal classification → 005.133
    Programming paradigm → object-oriented programming, procedural programming, functional programming +5
    Library of congress authority id → sh2013000901
    Logo → —
    + 77 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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