History of the Reading on Files

Thursday, 23 October 1997 [John David Stone]

• Created.

Friday, 17 March 2000 [John David Stone]

• Last modification by Mr. Stone.
• This version is available at http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~stone/courses/scheme/spring-2000/files.xhtml.

Fall 2000 [Samuel A. Rebelsky]

• Removed the problems and updated the text.
• Precise data of modification undocumented.
• The Fall 2000 version is available at http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CS151/2000F/Readings/files.html

Sunday, 4 March 2001 [Samuel A. Rebelsky]

• Added history.
• Added section on reading one value at a time.
• Updated all code to use the six P's (and to avoid named lets, which students do not yet know this semester).
• Many minor updates.
• Reformatted.
• This version is available at http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CS151/2001S/Readings/files.html

Tuesday, 5 November 2002 [Samuel A. Rebelsky]

• Reformatted.
• Added the list of procedures.
• This version is available at http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CS151/2002F/Readings/files.html

Tuesday, 28 October 2003 [Samuel A. Rebelsky]

• Rearranged text slightly to add summary.
• Moved history to separate file (and updated history).
• This version is available at http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CS151/2003F/Readings/files.html

Monday, 18 September 2006 [Samuel A. Rebelsky]

• Significant rewrite. Not all changes may be listed.
• Added link to PDF version.
• Moved reference to end of document (and expanded).
• Incorporated initial section on output (taken from a reading on output).
• Removed all use of lets, since we are covering the topic earlier.
• Extended the examples and added the numeric example.

Tuesday, 19 September 2006 [Samuel A. Rebelsky]

• Updated the section that talks about the color of output.
• Added a bit more documentation in the reference section.

Wednesday, 20 September 2006 [Samuel A. Rebelsky]

• Fixed read-line-of-chars, whose definition got broken. (Thanks to MM and RH for identifying the problem.)
• This version is available at http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CS151/2006F/Readings/files.html