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   Message 296,063 of 297,461   
   Paul Rubin to HenHanna   
   Re: REPL in Lisp   
   11 Jul 24 01:59:37   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.lisp, comp.lang.scheme   
   From: no.email@nospam.invalid   
      
   HenHanna  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] "   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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