Apology
Huh. It&#x27;s interesting to see this come out now.<p>Years ago I was planning on entering a PL PhD program until I met Felleisen. He yelled at me, insulted me, and I left nearly crying. That was the last straw that led to me leave academia, and I never came back. A young woman I know  switched out of her computer science major after taking his class and said she still had nightmares about him. Another person I know worked with him on a project as a student and said half the team dropped out due to his behavior. He would call the remaining team at 2am or 3am to yell at them sometimes (according to my friend).<p>I&#x27;m not sure how I feel about this coming out. I don&#x27;t get the feeling that he&#x27;s doing this on purpose. I&#x27;ve heard from people close to him that that&#x27;s just the way he is and you have to get used to it. At the same time, he&#x27;s been making people feel like shit for decades. Academia used to be a place for misfits who don&#x27;t understand social conventions. What if not understanding social conventions comes off to others as bullying, though?<p>Racket could be better off without him. He might be brilliant, but he is so difficult to work with, he hurts his own project.