History of Reading on Strings in Scheme

5 March 1997 [Henry Walker]

• Document on strings in Scheme created.
• This version available at http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~stone/courses/scheme/spring-1997/lab-strings.html.

8 October 1997 [John David Stone]

• Document on characters in Scheme created.
• This version available at http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~stone/courses/scheme/fall-1997/characters.html.

17 March 2000 [John David Stone]

• Last update of the Stone version of the characters document before Rebelsky branch
• That document available at http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~stone/courses/scheme/spring-2000/characters.xhtml.
• Last update of the Stone version of the strings document.
• That document available at http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~stone/courses/scheme/spring-2000/strings.xhtml.

2 October 2000 [Sam Rebelsky]

• Merged the two documents.
• Rewritten slightly.
• Reformatted.
• Added some introductory notes.
• This version available as http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CS151/2000F/Readings/strings.html.

4 February 2001 [Samuel A. Rebelsky]

• Added introductory note to section on character notation.
• Added links to reference pages for character procedures.
• Added note as to why it's a bad idea to try to implement some of the character predicates by yourself.
• Reformatted.

7 February 2001 [Samuel A. Rebelsky]

• Fixed some formatting problems.

Monday, 26 February 2001 [Samuel A. Rebelsky]

• Fixed a small typo.
• This version available as http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CS151/2001S/Readings/strings.html.

Sunday, 15 September 2002 [Samuel A. Rebelsky]

• Removed section on characters (now a separate reading)
• Other small updates.

Monday, 16 September 2002 [Samuel A. Rebelsky]

• Finished updates from yesterday.
• Started list of procedures covered in this lab.
• This version available as http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CS151/2002F/Readings/strings.html.

Tuesday, 4 February 2003 [Samuel A. Rebelsky]

• Added links to history.
• Added introductory note about broken links.
• Rearranged introductory material.
• Noted that the history now seems to be longer than the reading.
• This version available as http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CS151/2003S/Readings/strings.html.

Sunday, 3 September 2006 [Samuel A. Rebelsky]

• Updated documentation for string->list and list->string.
• Inserted documentation for number->string and string->number. (Some of the text for that documentation comes from John Stone's version of the Strings reading, available at http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~stone/courses/scheme/readings/strings.xhtml.
• Other minor cleanup.
• This version available as http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CS151/2006F/Readings/strings.html.

Monday, 29 January 2007 [Samuel A. Rebelsky]

• Updated history a bit.
• Moved history to a separate file.
• Other minor cleanup.
• This version available as http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CS151/2006F/Readings/strings.html.