Pros and cons of MIT Scheme and DrScheme for studying SICP

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JDelage picture JDelage · Nov 17, 2009 · Viewed 7k times · Source

What are the pros and cons of using MIT Scheme versus using DrScheme, in the context of trying to go through SICP (presumably simultaneously to watching some / all the MIT 6.001 videos)?

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Bill the Lizard picture Bill the Lizard · Nov 22, 2009

I switched from MIT Scheme to DrScheme specifically because I couldn't get a version of MIT that runs on 64-bit Windows. I run DrScheme with the Language "Module" selected to do the SICP exercises.

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