On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 19:10 +1000, Ramana Kumar wrote:
> repl does go with emacs in my mind. the vim way (edit, save, re-run
> script) trades things off differently.

I do that a lot too.

> repl:
> - evaluate expressions without wrapping them in procedures / printing
> out their values
> - don't need to recompile everything for a small change

I exit the REPL and restart it a lot in order to recompile changes to
libraries and play with them, so I know it's fresh.

> no repl:
> - definitions aren't side effects / static environments
> - less dependent on editor support

I think both ways have their place, and I use them simultaneously.

-- 
: Derick
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