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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:47:38 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 08:10:39 -0800, John Ames wrote:

> ... FreeBASIC is my go-to
> for hacking together quick utility applications in daily life ...

No REPL? Even Perl and Python can offer that. Even the old-style BASICs 
had something like that (immediate mode).