Re: REPL in Lisp

On 2024-07-11, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:11:17 -0700, HenHanna wrote:
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the acronym (?)  REPL  must be new in Lisp   (and Scheme)
 
i'm sure i  never saw it (used or mentioned)   25  years ago.

>
There are many new terms coined for old concepts. Like “capture” for
“lexical binding”, or “dependency injection” for “callback”.

Lexical binding does not imply closure/capture.

C has lexical scoping without capture: the bindings are destroyed
when their associated scope terminates.

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