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From: HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb>
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Subject: Re: REPL in Lisp
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 22:37:41 -0700
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On 7/10/2024 10:26 PM, yeti wrote:
> HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> writes:
> 
>> the acronym (?)  REPL  must be new in Lisp   (and Scheme)
>>
>> i'm sure i  never saw it (used or mentioned)   25  years ago.
> 


> I remember REPL back until the early 80s.  Wikipedia does not contradict
> and adds a bit more:
> 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read%E2%80%93eval%E2%80%93print_loop>
> 
>      History
> 
>      In 1964, the expression READ-EVAL-PRINT cycle is used by L. Peter
>      Deutsch and Edmund Berkeley for an implementation of Lisp on the
>      PDP-1.
> 
>      Since at least the 1980s, the abbreviations REP Loop and REPL are
>      attested in the context of Scheme.
> 

afaicr  in the 1980's  everyone  spelled it out as

                        Read-Eval-Print Loop   or  Cycle.



(i think)  Guy Steele's AI Memos sometimes used  [R-E-P Loop]
              but never REPL