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REPL-Driven Development

The cluster centers on discussions of REPL (Read-Eval-Print Loop) features, experiences, and REPL-driven development in programming languages like Lisp, Clojure, Python, and others, comparing their interactivity and capabilities.

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yyyymmddhhmmss • Jan 3, 2021 • View on HN

Are there any modern languages that support REPL-driven development as described?

blt • Apr 19, 2017 • View on HN

What makes a REPL brilliant instead of average?

pjmlp • Jul 5, 2013 • View on HN

REPLs are very good for interactive development, regardless of the language.

ertucetin • Dec 21, 2020 • View on HN

Does it have a REPL like in Clojure?

whateveracct • Mar 14, 2024 • View on HN

I used the repl from day 1 and it was so intuitive. No other alternative has a repl (besides guix I guess)

dkarp • Jun 18, 2021 • View on HN

I think this may be "REPL driven development" popular in the lisp community

zlurker • Oct 2, 2022 • View on HN

How would it compare to other REPL languages? EG: Python, Scala or Julia?

Kiro • Jun 7, 2014 • View on HN

Why especially if the language has REPL?

rawoke083600 • Aug 26, 2022 • View on HN

Last time I checked, it didn't have true REPL development ? i.e you couldn't "just eval" a function ?

whateveracct • Dec 25, 2023 • View on HN

You're missing out on the real REPL experience if so!