Re: documentation for MzScheme pre-releases

[Matthias Felleisen <matthias@cs.rice.edu>]

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  > Imo, its still essential that the docs are usable with non-graphical
  > equipment, especially considering that mzscheme doesn't rely on
  > graphics. Further, some claimed mzscheme might be a usable scripting
  > language for sys-admins. In this context a graphical `ide' probably
  > would be a show-stopper.

Why? Suppose your IDE (i prefer pde) has a context that simulates the
script so you can debug it w/o destroying your world as you run the script
(has happened to me)? I often develop and test scripts in drs before I let
them loose on my world. -- Matthias