[plt-scheme] Syntax question - begin in threads

I run this on my computer:

(define x 0)
(define t1
  (thread
   (lambda ()
     (sleep 5)
     (set! x 10))))

No errors. Everything work as it should.

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欢迎使用 DrScheme, 版本 300.3-svn29dec2005.
语言: Textual (MzScheme, 包含R5RS).
> x
0
> x
10
> 

Maybe you need also provide which version of DrScheme you are using,

Sincerely,
Chongkai Zhu  

======= At 2006-01-03, 16:40:33 Greg Woodhouse wrote: =======

>I've been experimenting with threads, and find that this code works
>just fine
>
>(define x 0)
>(define t1
>  (thread
>   (lambda ()
>     (begin
>       (sleep 5)
>       (set! x 10)))))
>
>but, if I leave the begin out, I get an error (though the thread runs).
>I thought of begin as a *sequencing* command. What if I have several
>expressions that need to be evaluated, but I don't care about the
>order.
>
>Am I misunderstanding the role of begin?
>
>===
>Gregory Woodhouse  <gregory.woodhouse at sbcglobal.net>
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