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From: Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com>
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Subject: Re: REPL in Lisp
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 10:14:52 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-07-11, Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> 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.
>
> 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.[3] Since at least the 1980s, the abbreviations REP Loop and REPL
> are attested in the context of Scheme.[4][5] "

What's your one REP(L) max, dude?

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