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|    HenHanna to Lawrence D'Oliveiro    |
|    Re: REPL in Lisp    |
|    10 Jul 24 22:41:21    |
      XPost: comp.lang.lisp, comp.lang.scheme       From: HenHanna@devnull.tb              On 7/10/2024 7:26 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:       > 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”.                     thanks. List "comprehension" was new to me.                            maybe there're pronunciation changes....              in the old days, CONS was pronounced [kahnzzz]               i always preferred [cohns]               --- after all, it's short for "Construct"              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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