X-Git-Url: http://lambda.jimpryor.net/git/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=inline;f=how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn;h=028b0c641253d245b11d6c24b0d754863459426f;hb=d84080ee53c691870c5a8cf462e08bcc5b888104;hp=0bfcef28ea6be13ed30e719f4459076a288c8c48;hpb=bf94fe5d3eafc10aed9bf36ef9b3360c54465ad8;p=lambda.git diff --git a/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn b/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn index 0bfcef28..028b0c64 100644 --- a/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn +++ b/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn @@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ another Scheme implementation, though, there's no compelling reason to switch.) Since the name change is so recent, you're likely to run across both sets of names. +PLT/Racket stands to Scheme in something like the relation Firefox stands to HTML. It's one program among others for working with the language; and many of those programs (or web browsers) permit different extensions, have small variations, and so on. + PLT Scheme had several components. The two most visible components for us were the command-line interpreter "mzscheme" and a teaching-friendly editor/front-end "DrScheme". In Racket these have been renamed "racket" and "DrRacket",