PDF parsing in Racket
Languages and libraries
pdf rendering library
SHOW HN2012
PDF parsing in Racket
Belive it or not, this library grew out of a direct need of mine.
planet.racket-lang.org101points
28comments
#216of 1,677 in 2012
Top 13%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
2 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.20.
Idea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Racket is a great language and ecosystem
From 2 comments
This is excellent. Having recently discovered Racket, it has become my language of choice for personal projects. It has been a revelation to me after a lengthy false start with…
jonathansizz on HNRacket really is an awesome language. When you want a LISP that you can optimize to get near-C performance, go with Common Lisp. When you want a LISP that does concurrency more…
dsrguru on HN
Objections
Licensed GPL rather than a permissive license
From 1 comment
This is great of course, but I'd be more happy to see the actual PDF renderer with a more permissive license than GPL.
exim on HN
Requests
A more permissively licensed PDF renderer
From 1 comment
This is great of course, but I'd be more happy to see the actual PDF renderer with a more permissive license than GPL.
exim on HN
Questions
Why use a functional language for this
From 1 comment
As a sort of beginner to functional programming, could you explain to me why you chose a functional language to do this sort of thing? Just for fun? I love it but I can't see the…
prezjordan on HN