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[lambda.git] / how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn

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@@ -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.
 
 
 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 the available programs 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",
 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",