XPost: comp.lang.lisp, comp.lang.scheme   
   From: 643-408-1753@kylheku.com   
      
   On 2024-07-11, Paul Rubin  wrote:   
   > 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] "   
      
   What's your one REP(L) max, dude?   
      
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