> I’m still taking a little heat from my wife for using an obscure language instead of something mainstream that is broadly used in industry, but I have nothing but good things to say about using Racket and DrRacket for a beginning programmer, and highly recommend it. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/racket-users/yjRuIxy...
I would say that typing your Python code is easier, but the rest is much easier in Racket.
1) easier to debug
2) easier to deploy
3) easier to design
4) easier to think through due to the concise manner of building programs
I have plenty of friends who use Python and they can write a 100 line program without a problem. After it is over 1000 it just falls apart. In a functional(ish) language it allows for a MUCH easier way to follow Do Not Repeat Yourself.