How do I install MIT Scheme on a Windows 8 computer? The GNU website isn't doing me much good, so I suspect an implementation just doesn't exist, but I thought I would ask here just in case.

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anonymous · Answer

The GNU website just lists it as windows binary compiled on windows 7, that's good enough, so far in my experience, when it comes to windows .exes, "it just works" is the rule of thumb. Don't worry about the version just download, double click, and watch the fireworks. On the other hand, you might want to use these instructions to download the MIT scheme setup used in the course (the GNU setup doesn't have a *transcript* buffer and that could throw you off when reading project 0 instructions), however it's listed for windows 95 up to XP, and happens to be incompatible with windows 7 and up. So to run it you're going to need windows XP. If you don't have a computer running it on hand you can setup a virtual machine to do the job. 1.Download virtual box 2.Download the windows XP image Microsoft provides for testing https://www.modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools 3. Run the machine 4.Install this: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-001-structure-and-interpretation-of-computer-programs-spring-2005/tools/scheme/ If you're new to this just fumble around, you'll figure things out.

anonymous · Answer

Is the lack of a transcript buffer the only difference between the MIT version and the GNU setup? Because if it's just that, I might just download a keystroke logger separately. Would that make sense to do?

greep · Answer

Can we substitute regular Emacs for MIT Scheme?  Also, what is Edwin?