[plt-scheme] `shared' syntax confusing

On Nov 11, Matthew Flatt wrote:
> 
> I'm still reluctant to use a variant of `shared' that has to be
> defined in terms of placeholders. [...]

Just a quick comment: one reason I prefer this kind of constructs is
that they're much easier to explain.  (At the cost of exposing a
concept that students shouldn't deal with, so probably the current
version is better for students anyway.)

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