2010/7/19 Barry Dahlberg <barry.dahlb...@gmail.com> > As a Clojure newbie coming from Microsoft land I was surprised by the > answers here. > > Eclipse / CCW is the IDE I've used most so far and I've always wondered why > it didn't just open the REPL for me and have it always there.
Several reasons. a. having a REPL automatically loaded for *each* open project could consume a lot of memory if not done right. That's the main reason why I've delayed it, because if I want to do it right, I have to think carefully about the feature (could dependent projects share the same REPL instance ? should I launch REPL for a project only the first time a file of this project is opened ? etc.) b. and really a. is the main reason I can think of at the moment. > Having it up to date with my latest code files is great because I mostly > use it to test things I've just written and saved. Reloading all the > namespaces etc is something I haven't got my head around yet, especially > since my brain has a very small amount of RAM and I can't remember what is > current. > > Do people work with more than one REPL? What do you do with them? Are > there any good articles or videos around talking about this? > Some people have reported that they launch several REPLs when the first one is busy for a long time. What they really do, though, is that they launch a new java environment with the project files and dependencies. When we have a proper REPL client in ccw, we'll also have a way to launch several concurrent REPLs for the same java environment. This will be *much* better. > > Cheers > Barry > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<clojure%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
