Re: MIT-Scheme 7.4.n
>>>>>>>> On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Karl wrote:
Karl> I was thinking about trying to do my first Debian package, of
Karl> MIT-Scheme. I've found it to be the best scheme interpretter
Karl> out there for a person who is just beginning to learn the
Karl> language, since it's the one many of the Scheme textbooks
Karl> assume you have. And, I like its interface to the emacsen best.
Karl>
Karl> <URL:http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/scheme-home.html>
Karl>
Karl> When I went to ftp it, I found that they release a binary kit
Karl> that has an installer script. It worked on the first try, and I
Karl> was entering Scheme expressions in an editor window less than
Karl> 5 minutes after the download! So a package isn't *required* to
Karl> run this and get started with it.
Karl>
Karl> I would be nice to have the info's installed, and a simple
Karl> upgrade path. A menu to launch `edwin`, or to `gnuclient
Karl> '(run-scheme)'` maybe?
Karl>
Karl> After thinking about it a while; or trying to; I realize that I
Karl> honestly don't know enough about Linux and Debian to be able to
Karl> make a package. Back to my reading, folks. :-)
I planed of packaging mit-scheme too. Please decide whether your are
going to pkg it and let me know.
thks,
borik
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