XPost: comp.lang.lisp, comp.lang.scheme   
   From: gneuner2@comcast.net   
      
   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.   
      
   I don't know when exactly it was coined, but "REPL" meaning   
   "read-evaluate-print loop" goes back at least 30 years to the late   
   80's.   
      
   I first heard it in connection to Lisp, but it was clear even then   
   that Scheme was using the same lexicon.   
      
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