Comments: To me scheme is more of a logical language, for applications like AI, but for every day programming C++, in my opinion is better. C++ had no logic to it, what ever you want to do, you go ahead and do it, you just sit down and go at it. Yeah, you may need to know some CPU registers to do low end routines but overall you have more power. Right now C/C++ are the main programming languages and have been sense C was created, I really do hope scheme becomes the next LISP but I don't see it as a low level programming language. I mean I don't see a college graduate working at a chip manufacture who is going to sit down and program a micro-controller in scheme.

Comments: To me scheme is more of a logical language, for applications like AI, but for every day programming C++, in my opinion is better. C++ had no logic to it, what ever you want to do, you go ahead and do it, you just sit down and go at it. Yeah, you may need to know some CPU registers to do low end routines but overall you have more power. Right now C/C++ are the main programming languages and have been sense C was created, I really do hope scheme becomes the next LISP but I don't see it as a low level programming language. I mean I don't see a college graduate working at a chip manufacture who is going to sit down and program a micro-controller in scheme.

Comments: Scheme is not as elaborate as C++ is. You don't have as much to type. I find it easier when the program is longer that way it is easier to identify a mistake. The book is not very specific and that makes writing the program more difficult. I would like to see more examples in your book. C++ is color coded and I liked the way your integrated the check syntax in the newer version of Scheme. I'd also like a sheet of all the hot keys so that we would not have to waste as much time re-typing interactions.

Comments: I think desingning programs using scheme is very easy to understand. The textbook that was asinged was a little bit complicated to understand. Even though reading the programs out of the book were complicated at first, with the help of other classmates they were easy to acomplish. The best part of sheme is being able to recall programs and how easy it is to do it.

Comments: DrScheme for most of us is easier to understand, but I don't think it introduced us all the fundamentals in programming. I personally preferred C++ because I believe that input and output are essential. In C++ we can use many variables to help the program flow and do not have to worry about them becoming undesired results. C++ is more similar to other popular programming language. The course does encourage much problem solving. More than formatting the answers, we are more involved with the body of the program. Instead of worrying about what kind of variable to use, we learn how to use them more efficiently.

Comments: It's a been a great year to be learning some new stuff about computer programing. Dr.Scheme has help me in some ways to look at difficult problems. It shows many ways to solve and tells us how to take it step by step. By doing the design recipe, it is much easier to create a program that way, but sometimes it takes too long to write the recipe down on paper. This is a very promising program, and I think that it can be famous. On the other hand, C++ is very much different than Scheme. All those terms you have to remember and the all the typing you have type is very annoying to people. When you have to write about a page long program for a graphic picture, it makes your mind go crazy. I hope you have Scheme go national and to end up successful.

Comments: In the Dr.Scheme language, I learn more about the different ways to approach different types of programs. It helps, if you understand the concepts of the steps that shows in the Scheme book. To me, I find that the most helpful part is the examples that shows in the book. Sometimes the word doesn't teaches as well as the example that's in the book. Once you type in couple of the examples and understand the concepts of the program. Then, they you could easily figure out how to the others that is assign for us to pratice. This language shows the different ways of learn math problems. You have to know how to work the math part in order for you to do the rest. The way the language ask us to input the sign is easier for us to recognize our mistake than the other programs. Since the sign is at the beginning of the line in the definition (body) , then if you know you did the wrong thing, you could figure out right away. Many other programs you have to look carefully in order for you to find out your mistake. So far I think I understand the language pretty well. Except for the beginning section, I have a little trouble getting use to the language. After that everything went well. For my opinion, I think this language help me survive throught this class.

Comments: When we first began learning C++ I had made the comment "All I see is a whole bunch of letters and numbers on the screan and i have no idea what they mean." When I said that the students began to laugh and they didn't realize how frustrating it really was for me. In Scheme I found that all you had to do is type what came out of your mouth instead of typing all these codes before you proceeded with the program. For me trying to memorize piles of information before writing the program, is a waste of time. I enoy and get less aggrivated when the amount of information you must type, before you type the program, is limited and straight to the point. I personally really enjoyed working with Scheme and thought it was one of the most interesting and challenging programs I have ever woked with. If I were given the chance to endorse it, you could guarantee I would spend all I could.

Comments: I think Scheme was difficult to learn and understand. To me, the text was somewhat vague and didn't explain very thoroughly. Many of the exercises didn't give understandable directions and therefore I had trouble completing them. I think C++ was much easier to work with because it had different functions for input, compute, and output. I think that if Scheme allowed us to input data, tell the program what exactly to compute or calculate, and then specify what to output, then Scheme wouldn't be so hard to use. Upon execution, some of the errors didn't always tell just what was wrong ; i.e. first term after parens is illegal in this application . The textbook doesn't explain what a lot of the errors mean. The author assumes that the student already understands the directions or vocabulary. I also would like to say that I didn't think my instructor knew Scheme well enough to teach us because many times when I asked questions she would say "I don't know, I'm learninng as you guys are."

Comments: In the textbook it was really helpful when you showed us examples, but sometimes there were hard types of problems that were not shown or explained. So in order for us to understand better it would be good to show us different types of programs and different ways they can be done. Another way to improve our learning would be to explain the "computer words" that we constanty try to find context clues for. It is difficult to learn when the words you read don't even make sense to you. I prefer C++ rather than Drscheme because once you get going in C++ you never stop, meaning that it is easy to write. Well, my opinion is not based on fairness because on C++ I had 1 week to learn it, meaning that I learned the easy stuff, and in scheme I went into depth with it. Scheme is definetely what you should go with if you have a hard problem. It is complicated but it can do neat stuff. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!

Comments: For the most part, DrScheme was easy to understand. However, as we progressed through the DrScheme book, the text became more difficult to comprehend. The explanation of some of the material, such as the case with " Playing Ping-Pong" in chapter 5.4, was fragmented and difficult to read. As a person who has never had any experience in programming before working with Scheme, I found DrScheme relatively easy to use. Though having a comprehension of DrScheme, I was able to learn C++ with relative ease. However, I found that, though I was more accustomed to Scheme, the format for programming in C++ was more natural.

Comments: It seems that the more time that goes by the more technology is growing. It's growing by the minute. One day you go out and buy a top line computer and the next day it's obsolete. This means that we're moving into a more complex society and things will be more computer based. I think that Scheme is a very good program even though I rather C++ at this time because it is it's what I'm more familiar with. I think that Scheme has a lot of potential in the programming area of computers and I think that it just hasn't been discovered yet.

Comments: I came into this computer science class without knowing a great deal of computers or programming. Over these several months, I have gain knowledge and am somewhat familiar with programming. I have enjoyed encountering with the difficult programs we did in computer science class. Although there was some flaws in the book, we were able to correct them. I feel that the author of the book wrote the textbook with difficult language and needed to show more examples. In overall, the class projects an interesting and informative atmosphere.

Comments: I found scheme harder to use. I found I was able to many more things in C++. It seemed like scheme didn't have as many options for doing certain procedures such as if statements and loops. This made it harder to do certain things and impossible to do others. C++ was what I had expected and what I prepared for. Also I think that there wasn't enough time. We didn't cover certain things like outputting sentences with spaces making things more readable. Overall while scheme was faster for writing, but C++ was much easier to write

Comments: To whom it may concern, DrScheme is an extremely helpful program, it allows the students to learn and apply their skills. Scheme ables the students to incorporate their other academic classes into the programs not only in an academic sense, but also in a humerous way too. I absolutely LOVE the graphics!!! Even though its difficult trying to find the correct coordinates & positions for certain items, it's great to see that Scheme the outcomes or the final products! I have a question, it there anyway that we can draw an arc? Oh, and is there anyway the Elsik computers can load up the sound library? Our class had to skip the second part of the graphics chapter due to the lack of sound libraries. As for the Scheme book, there were some mispelled words and other flaws. I believe that you should have someone to proof read the book before you make new copies for the NEW version of DrScheme. Some of the items that you wrote were some-what difficult for me to comprehend. I believe that you should show more examples and explain them more clearly, rather than write one LONG paragraph and have only ONE example. This will able the students to be more interested, and will able them to get involved w/the DrScheme as they are reading.

Comments: When I got into Computer Science class, I thought it was going to be easy. I was wrong. This class was very hard and challenging. At first, I was easy but later on it got harder. Scheme was a hard program to understand at first, but as you get used to it and understand what your doing, it was sort of easier. The teacher and my friends around help me to understand it too. C++ was easy at first. When we started C++ I thought it was easier than scheme. I really never got to go that far in C++ because our class spent a few weeks on it than went back to C++.

Comments: When I first enrolled in computer science I figured it was going to be another easy computer class that would not require me to think.Was i ever wrong about that this ended up being my hardest class,but I enjoyed that even though I didn't get the grade I would have liked, I learned something,and this class required me to think. Out of the two programs we learned I would have to say I understood Scheme more than C++,for the simple fact that we spent a greater portion of the year in Scheme,and there was just something about remembering all those codes. In Scheme you got a chance to make up your own program with your own words.In C++ you also made up your own program but you had to fill in on their codes. If I had a chance to do this all over again I would, because this has been a great learning experience for me.