CSE 341 - Programming Languages - Autumn 2008

Running Scheme

We'll use the DrScheme implementation in the course. It is installed on both the windows and linux machines in the undergrad labs. On windows, start Scheme via the "Start" menu. It's here:

Programs / DEV TOOLS & LANGUAGES / PLT Scheme / DrScheme

You can also double-click on a saved Scheme source file.

On Linux, start it using drscheme. You'll need to use XWindows -- Scheme will come up in a separate window..

Finally, you can download it and install it on a personal machine from www.drscheme.org. It's free.

Which Language

The first time you start DrScheme, you need to choose which language to run. Select "Pretty Big" (R5RS plus some useful extensions). On the Lab Windows machines this is under "Legacy Languages > Pretty Big". On attu (which has an older version of DrScheme) this is under "PLT > Pretty Big".