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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: REPL in Lisp
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 02:26:04 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:11:17 -0700, HenHanna wrote:

> the acronym (?)  REPL  must be new in Lisp   (and Scheme)
> 
> i'm sure i  never saw it (used or mentioned)   25  years ago.

There are many new terms coined for old concepts. Like “capture” for 
“lexical binding”, or “dependency injection” for “callback”.