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Except that the name "chicken" is already taken:

google search: "chicken programming language" returns:

#1 Chicken (scheme implementation) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_%28scheme_implementatio...

#2 CHICKEN Scheme http://www.call-cc.org/

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I don't think this language is called 'chicken' but rather 'chicken chicken', which is a bit confusing. I expected some kind of extension language built on top of chicken scheme but no, just no scheme and way more chicken.

It might be funny to also have a 2 symbol language called 'duck duck goose' where statements are terminated by 'goose' or something. I can't see any confusion between that and, say, duck duck go either!

I was also dismayed to find out that rather than being a mainstream post about my favorite little scheme... I'm greeted by an esoteric language of the same name.

It looks fantastic, just the kind of thing I'm looking for - I know Racket rather than Scheme, though, how different are the two languages?

I read quite a good interview with Chicken Scheme's author a few months ago. Here's the link which might be of interest:

http://spin.atomicobject.com/2013/05/02/chicken-scheme-part-...

It depends on how you use Racket, since it is actually a family of languages, but if you use R5RS I would say it should be really easy to port apps between them. And the community is great so I don't think you would have problem picking it up

Why would you call it "esoteric"? Eh, programmers these days.

I haven't decided on a name. Not sure it even needs one. "Chicken" would be a bad name though, as there obviously isn't enough chicken in it.

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