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Racket has several features useful for a commercial language, among them an ability to compile standalone executables under Windows, macOS, and Unix, a [[Profiling (computer programming)|profiler]] and [[debugger]] included in the [[integrated development environment]] (IDE), and a [[unit testing]] framework.
 
Racket has been used for commercial projects and web applications. A notable example is the [[Hacker News]] website, which runs on [[Arc (programming language)|Arc]], which is developed in Racket. [[Naughty Dog]] has used it as a scripting language in several of their video games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cufp.org/conference/sessions/2011/functional-mzscheme-dsls-game-development |title=Functional mzScheme DSLs in Game Development |access-date=2012-05-08}}</ref>
 
Racket is used to teach students algebra through game design in the [[Bootstrap curriculum|Bootstrap program]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bootstrapworld.org/materials/fall2015/index.shtml |website=bootstrapworld.org |access-date=2015-08-11 |title=Bootstrap}}</ref>