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=a54e9ba57957174622f758db7a763e0933bb1490;hp=da5e24eab499366ec31be7ee297faad2d0d30cec;hb=cc05a84c34f869f9c386deafd778b8ea644c7d83;hpb=58f651751e6ba46ac1fa4adeb6c5f9c5f8fd59e7 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 da5e24ea..a54e9ba5 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 @@ -82,9 +82,11 @@ 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 Scheme had three salient components: the command-line version "mzscheme", a -GUI extension "MrEd", and a teaching-friendly editor/front-end "DrScheme". In -Racket these have been renamed "racket", "gracket", and "DrRacket", +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", respectively.