[plt-scheme] Re: I/O therefore no local

On Mar 1, 1:24 pm, Matthias Felleisen <matth... at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
> On Mar 1, 2010, at 7:34 AM, wooks wrote:
>
> > @Matthias
>
> > My students are more likely to encounter questions based on file I/O
> > and arrays than lists. Chances are good that the need for local and
> > file I/O will arise in the same question.
>
> I don't see how this is a comment for me.
>

I was explaining why I was connecting I/O and local definitions.

>    teach them Fortran
>
> In addition to what Robby mentioned, you will find these in ASL:
>
>   with-input-from-file
>   with-input-from-string
>   with-output-to-file
>   with-output-to-string
>
> It makes formulating test cases straightforward.
>
> Good luck sending your students back into the 1970s -- Matthias
>

I am preparing students for external exams.
I've lost count of number of times I have made similar comments about
their syllabus.