their decision to get rid of the s-expression based syntax.
I think that's a dumb decision. No one is going to use a lisp dialect if they wanted to use some other $language instead. And I think S-expressions are the thing that makes lisp dialects easier.
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As far as I know, the Racket language itself has a framework for creating new languages. And that Rhombus (aka Racket2) is just another supported #lang but I might be wrong.
https://beautifulracket.com/appendix/thoughts-on-rhombus.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vFIXjMkwR4
Also, remember M-expressions?
https://web.archive.org/web/20210324084457/http://www.informatimago.com/develop/lisp/com/informatimago/small-cl-pgms/m-expression/
http://xahlee.info/comp/lisp_sans_sexp.html