X-Git-Url: http://lambda.jimpryor.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lambda.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn;h=0cb4f786575eeaec06416c07f5bdacbc6838bcb8;hp=a54e9ba57957174622f758db7a763e0933bb1490;hb=26319cf2ffc188af7fc324143881d45fd7c322c8;hpb=cc05a84c34f869f9c386deafd778b8ea644c7d83 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 a54e9ba5..0cb4f786 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 @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ easier and more straightforward for others. ## Getting Scheme ## **Scheme** is one of two major dialects of *Lisp*, which is a large family of -programming languages. The other dialect is called "CommonLisp." Scheme is the +programming languages. The other dialect is called "Common Lisp." Scheme is the more clean and minimalistic dialect, and is what's mostly used in academic circles. @@ -82,13 +82,17 @@ 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 the available programs permit different extensions, have small variations, and so on. +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", respectively. +* In your web browser: + + There is a (slow, bare-bones) version of Scheme available for online use at . + * **To install in Windows**