racket/README.md
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[Racket](https://racket-lang.org/) is a general-purpose programming
language and an ecosystem for language-oriented programming.
This repository holds the source code for the core of Racket plus some
related packages. The rest of the Racket distribution source code is
in other repositories, mostly under [the Racket GitHub
organization](https://github.com/racket).
Quick Start
-----------
Pre-built versions of Racket for a variety of operating systems and
architectures, as well as convenient source distributions are
available at
[https://download.racket-lang.org](https://download.racket-lang.org)
Racket comes with extensive documentation, including several tutorials.
You can read all of this documentation, as well as documentation for
third-party packages at
[https://docs.racket-lang.org](https://docs.racket-lang.org)
Building from Source
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For information on building Racket from this repository, see the
[Build Guide](build.md).
Contributing
------------
Contribute to Racket by
submitting a [pull request](https://github.com/racket/racket/pulls),
reporting an [issue](https://github.com/racket/racket/issues),
joining the [development mailing list](https://lists.racket-lang.org),
or visiting the IRC or Slack channels.
By making a contribution, you are agreeing that your contribution is
licensed under the Apache 2.0 and MIT licenses. Those
licenses are available in this repository in the files
[LICENSE-APACHE.txt](racket/src/LICENSE-APACHE.txt) and
[LICENSE-MIT.txt](racket/src/LICENSE-MIT.txt).
License
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Racket is free software; see [LICENSE](LICENSE) for more details.