[Jscheme-user] Re: Fwd: [plt-scheme] NetScheme

[Ken A. <kan...@bb...>]

While PLT Scheme is an incredible system compared to JScheme,
sometimes it's sure nice to run in a browser.

I think some people at Berkeley were interested in using JScheme to teach Scheme, or programming, but may have switched to PLT Scheme.  Tim of course, teaches with JScheme.

k
At 03:58 PM 10/29/2003 -0500, Geoffrey Knauth wrote:
>In case you didn't see the 2nd to last paragraph.
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>Geoffrey
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>Begin forwarded message:
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>>From: Jerzy Karczmarczuk <ka...@in...>
>>Date: October 29, 2003 9:16:18 AM EST
>>To: plt...@li...
>>Subject: Re: [plt-scheme] NetScheme
>>
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>>Matthias Felleisen wrote:
>>>Samuel Tobin-Hochstadt is working on it. -- Matthias
>>It was a response to Dor Kleiman:
>>
>>>    I would like to see DrScheme on-line, as such.
>>>    Using https protocol and a specific port you would go to a secure
>>>    password-protected web page on your pc.
>>>    Then, you will see a DrScheme like interface (html, of course) where
>>>    you would be able to program on your own pc from afar.
>>
>>As somebody mentioned, it is always possible to use DrScheme or any other
>>program from a remote shell. It would be nice to know better what really
>>needs  Katsmall T. Wise, Esquire ...
>>
>>But I know what I would like to have - just for teaching: an interactive Scheme
>>e-book. Like in Smalltalk. Like in Scheme/Curl before they decided to make
>>money.
>>
>>For the moment I had shown some slides (PDF or HTML), having the DrScheme inter-
>>face open in another Vdesktop, and I switched. Now I am preparing a more serious
>>course (for almost beginners, they finally got me...), and the course notes
>>should be more autonomous, with all examples accessible by the students working
>>alone.
>>
>>I won't abandon DrScheme, on the contrary, but some parts will use the known
>>JScheme applet which gives you a Java-assembled Scheme interface directly on
>>your browser. For standard exercices (including several exercices from HDTP)
>>it is sufficient.
>>
>>So, I began to wonder... Would it be possible *in principle* to make a MzScheme
>>plugin for Netscape? We know that MrEd is a memory hog, but perhaps the
>>possibility to make some Schemplets (Schrapnlets) would be interesting and not
>>entirely in the realm of Harry Potter? Just Scheme, without the wx bazaar...
>>
>>Jerzy Karczmarczuk