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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"   
      
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