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by specializeded 2806 days ago
DrRacket IDE [0] + the SICP compt language [1] and you can start writing it instantly in a well built and maintained environment that’s racket based and pretty fleshed out library wise, certainly nothing compared to Clojure but among the rest, it’s the best (imo), I recall Carmack writing a server in Racket for fun and praising the experience a few years back.

[0] - https://racket-lang.org

[1] - http://docs.racket-lang.org/sicp-manual/index.html?q=sicp#%2...

Additionally, if SICP proves too slow going or difficult math wise [3] you can always use drracket for HtDP [4] and it’s corresponding misnamed edX course(s) [5] and later on, PLaI [6].

[3] - http://cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publications/Papers/Published/fffk-h...

[4] - https://htdp.org/2018-01-06/Book/part_preface.html

[5] - https://www.edx.org/course/how-code-simple-data-ubcx-htc1x

[6] - http://cs.brown.edu/courses/cs173/2012/book/