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From: thinman@netcom.com (Technically Sweet)
Subject: Re: scm On Mac
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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 23:10:17 GMT
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paik@eng.pko.dec.com (Samuel S. Paik) writes:
 [ other deleted ]

>Right, we want a high level UI and 2D graphics library which also allows
>us to get at all the power (and complexity) of X11, but only when we need to.

I want to be able to write a WIMP program in Scheme that runs without change
on X, Windows, and the Mac.  This, and only this, is "Schemely".

Yes, maybe I want to reach in and do X junk if I figure out that
I'm on an X box, but a teaching programming language absolutely
should not have platform dependencies.  And remember: the discipline 
of maintaining Scheme as a teaching language maintains its usefulness
and spirit.

-- 

Lance Norskog
thinman@netcom.com
Artisputtingtogether. Art  s th ow n  aw y.
