Software & Components

DrScheme

DrScheme is a user-friendly environment for creating and running Scheme programs.

DrScheme's default language is Beginning Student. To change the language, select the Set Language... item in the Language menu.

On this machine, DrScheme is .

For more information, see DrScheme.

MzScheme and MrEd

The MzScheme and MrEd executables run programs written in the MzScheme and MrEd variants, respectively, of the PLT Scheme language.

Create a MzScheme or MrEd program using the DrScheme development environment. Then, use the MzScheme or MrEd executable to run the program in its deployed setting.

On this machine, MzScheme is , and MrEd is .

For more information, see  and .

mzc

The mzc executable compiles MzScheme and MrEd programs to native code using a C compiler (which your system must provide). The resulting native code can be loaded into MrEd or MzScheme. The mzc compiler also provides limited support for building stand-alone executables from Scheme code.

On this machine, mzc is .

For more information, see .

Help Desk

Help Desk provides information about PLT Software in a user-friendly, searchable environment. Help Desk can run by itself, or within DrScheme (via the Help menu).

On this machine, Help Desk is .

Setup PLT

 performs certain installation duties, such as compiling DrScheme's source code to make DrScheme start faster.

Setup PLT also unpacks and installs downloadable .plt distributions, such as the MrFlow distribution archive. However, Help Desk automatically runs Setup PLT when you use it to download a .plt file.

On this machine, Setup PLT is .

Additional Installed Components

The list below was generated by searching the set of installed libraries.