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Currently there are some IDEs for some programming languages like DrRacket (DrScheme), DrJava and DrPython. Anyone knows What does the prefix "Dr" stand for?

Dante May Code
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  • The trend began with PLT Scheme. The Scheme interpreter/compiler was called MzScheme, the ("vanilla") editor was called MrEd, the friendly editor DrRacket and so on. The idea behind DrRacket caught on, and a team subsequently tried to mimick DrRacket in Java and later in Python. (To be clear: Pronouncs Mz as Miss, Dr as Doctor and Mr as Mister) – soegaard Dec 14 '12 at 15:40

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It means Doctor. The idea is that the IDE is some sort of doctor/professor about a language.

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    This hypothesis is supported by [the DrJava paper](http://drjava.org/papers/drjava-paper.shtml), titled "DrJava: A lightweight pedagogic environment for Java" – fvu Dec 12 '12 at 23:46