[plt-dev] renaming programs in the distribution

From: Stevie Strickland (sstrickl at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Tue Apr 20 14:27:29 EDT 2010

On Apr 20, 2010, at 12:38 PM, Matthew Flatt wrote:
> Here are the plausible options we came up with on the IRC channel:
> 
> 1: Keep `racket' plus a separate command tool
>  1A: Keep `rico' as the command tool (i.e., status quo)
>  1B: Rename `rico' to `racket-tool'
> 
> 2: Rename `racket' to `racket-run', rename `rico' to `racket', add a
>    `racket run' command, and let `racket' (no command) still provide a
>    REPL
> 
> 3: Like 2, but let `racket' guess whether its first argument is a
>    command or a file name so that `racket <file>' often works (i.e.,
>    the most recent proposal, but amended with `racket-run' for
>    scripts)

'(1A 1B 2 3)

Stevie


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