diff --git a/collects/unstable/debug.ss b/collects/unstable/debug.ss
index b614fbbfe3..dd48296c8b 100644
--- a/collects/unstable/debug.ss
+++ b/collects/unstable/debug.ss
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@
               (for/list ([arg 'args]
                          [val l])
                 (printf "\t~a: ~a~n" arg val))
-              (let ([e (apply f l)])
-                (printf "result was ~a~n" e)
+              (let ([e (with-handlers ([values (lambda (exn)
+                                                 (printf "~a raised exception ~a~n" 'f exn)
+                                                 (raise exn))])
+                         (apply f l))])
+                (printf "~a result was ~a~n" 'f e)
                 e)))]
     [(_ f . args) (debug (f . args))]))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/collects/unstable/list.ss b/collects/unstable/list.ss
index f8609a42c4..5f8182c6c0 100644
--- a/collects/unstable/list.ss
+++ b/collects/unstable/list.ss
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #lang scheme/base
 (require scheme/contract
-         scheme/dict)
+         scheme/dict
+         (for-syntax scheme/base))
 
 ; list-prefix : list? list? -> boolean?
 ; Is l a prefix or r?
@@ -84,3 +85,30 @@
                  (same? key-item prev))
                (car items)
                (loop (cdr items) (cons key-item sofar)))))))
+
+;; sam added from carl
+
+(define-syntax (values->list stx)
+  (syntax-case stx ()
+    [(vl expr)
+     (syntax/loc stx
+       (call-with-values (lambda () expr) list))]))
+
+(define (map/list n f ls)
+  (cond
+   [(andmap null? ls) (build-list n (lambda (i) null))]
+   [(andmap pair? ls)
+    (let* ([vs (values->list (apply f (map car ls)))]
+           [k (length vs)])
+      (unless (= k n)
+        (error 'map/values
+               "~a produced ~a values, not ~a: ~e"
+               f k n vs))
+      (map cons vs (map/list n f (map cdr ls))))]
+   [else (error 'map/values "list lengths differ")]))
+
+(define (map/values n f . ls)
+  (apply values (map/list n f ls)))
+
+(provide map/values)
+
diff --git a/collects/unstable/scribblings/list.scrbl b/collects/unstable/scribblings/list.scrbl
index de7a524a35..fbacc79c64 100644
--- a/collects/unstable/scribblings/list.scrbl
+++ b/collects/unstable/scribblings/list.scrbl
@@ -79,3 +79,27 @@ true value. The procedures @scheme[equal?], @scheme[eqv?], and
 (dict-map id-t list)
 ]
 }
+
+                         
+@addition{Carl Eastlund}
+
+@defproc[(map/values [n natural-number/c]
+                     [f (-> A ... (values B_1 ... B_n))]
+                     [lst (listof A)]
+                     ...)
+         (values (listof B_1) ... (listof B_n))]{
+
+Produces lists of the respective values of @scheme[f] applied to the elements in
+@scheme[lst ...] sequentially.
+
+@defexamples[
+#:eval the-eval
+(map/values
+ 3
+ (lambda (x)
+   (values (+ x 1) x (- x 1)))
+ (list 1 2 3))
+]
+
+}
+