[racket] what is the purpose of the DrScheme Executable?

Now I'm confused - I thought they were EXACTLY the same?

In my case both executables are 49,284 bytes, but DrRacket.app has two
extra icns files.

s.

On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Jos Koot <jos.koot at telefonica.net> wrote:
> Thanks for your correction.
> Neverteless I want to emphasize the great and easily accessible features of
> DrScheme (and DrScheme)
> It may be the case that for some users the transition from DrScheme to
> DrRacket was an essential transition. For me it was not.
> Jos
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: shriram at gmail.com [mailto:shriram at gmail.com] On Behalf
>> Of Shriram Krishnamurthi
>> Sent: 06 March 2011 15:56
>> To: Jos Koot
>> Cc: Carl Eastlund; Stephen De Gabrielle; Racket Users
>> Subject: Re: [racket] what is the purpose of the DrScheme Executable?
>>
>> Jos, he's referring to the distinction between Dr*Scheme* and
>> Dr*Racket*.  Re-read the original message.
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Jos Koot
>> <jos.koot at telefonica.net> wrote:
>> > I think it is much more than that. It is a very nice programming
>> > environment, provides check syntax, documentation,
>> profiles, logs and much
>> > more including an editor that you can use without referring
>> to doc pages.
>> > Jos
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: users-bounces at racket-lang.org
>> >> [mailto:users-bounces at racket-lang.org] On Behalf Of Carl Eastlund
>> >> Sent: 06 March 2011 14:22
>> >> To: Stephen De Gabrielle
>> >> Cc: Racket Users
>> >> Subject: Re: [racket] what is the purpose of the DrScheme
>> Executable?
>> >>
>> >> It's there for backwards compatibility with launcher scripts
>> >> and the like.
>> >>
>> >> Carl Eastlund
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Stephen De Gabrielle
>> >> <stephen.degabrielle at acm.org> wrote:
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > I noticed the DrScheme executable in 5.1  Does it have a
>> purpose?  I
>> >> > can't see any obvious difference, apart from the name.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Cheers,
>> >> >
>> >> > Stephen
>> >>
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