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Subject:    [racket] Issue with Geiser and Racket 5.1.3 on Windows
From:       neil () neilvandyke ! org (Neil Van Dyke)
Date:       2011-09-28 2:24:18
Message-ID: 4E828552.4040002 () neilvandyke ! org
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"neil/sicp" might well be at fault, due to bit-rot from the kludgey way 
in which it was written, combined with changes in Racket.  Check Syntax 
also broke for "neil/sicp".

However, perhaps the Geiser people can look at this first, since it 
looks like it could be a bug Geiser?

"neil/sicp" is specifically for doing SICP using DrScheme (now, 
DrRacket).  I expressly haven't spent time on making it work with Emacs, 
Quack, Geiser, or anything else.  That's because I don't have the time, 
and it seems a low priority, given that I suspect most people wanting to 
run in Emacs could just use MIT Scheme (perhaps using virtualization).  
MIT Scheme is how the SICP exercises were intended to be done.

I do have to look at the Check Syntax problem in any case, unless 
someone wants to take over the project of providing SICP support for 
Racket.  It *really* wants an RA or TA to spend a semester doing it 
right: rewriting the #lang in a more contemporary Racket way, and 
providing something like teachpacks for each problem set.  Or perhaps 
someone could do this polish as a side project, as they are working 
through SICP themselves.  Please email me if you're up to this.

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