Why Clojure Developers Love the REPL So Much

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Clojure programming language discussion@lemmy.ml · 1 month ago

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Many programming languages offer a REPL (Read-Eval-Print Loop). It’s a simple yet powerful concept: read user input, evaluate it, print the result, and loop. This provides a crucial way to experiment with code and get immediate feedback, ensuring…

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