From: Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan <vu3rdd@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:40:39 +0000 (+0530)
Subject: solutions to 4.18 and 4.19
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solutions to 4.18 and 4.19
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diff --git a/src/sicp/ex4_18.rkt b/src/sicp/ex4_18.rkt
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+#lang racket
+
+#|
+
+It won't work in the new definition because the new let translates to a lambda and application
+of the lambda to the expressions. When we do that, evaluation of one expression needs the other.
+
+It will work with the definition given in the text because the expressions are inside the lambda.
+
+|#
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diff --git a/src/sicp/ex4_19.rkt b/src/sicp/ex4_19.rkt
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+#lang racket
+
+#|
+
+I think Eva's scheme is the correct one but very hard to implement. One way to do it for non-function 
+definitions is to sort definitions in the order of least dependence on each other. If these definitions
+(again, non-function) are mutually dependent, an error should be flagged.
+
+|#
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