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> `read', `eval', and `print' are all missing in Python don't you get a REPL when you type "python" in a terminal?
by symlinkk 10y ago
> `read', `eval', and `print' are all missing in Python
don't you get a REPL when you type "python" in a terminal?
- schoen 10y agoAlso, Python has "eval" and "print" functions that are even called "eval" and "print". One could argue that Python eval is different from LISP eval, but I don't understand what RMS means by "missing"!
- Bartweiss 10y ago> Around 2008 I stopped doing programming projects. As a result, I have not had time or occasion to learn newer languages such as Perl, Python, PHP or Ruby. What he means is that he skipped the languages that have it!
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoNot in the Lisp sense: read and eval are joined in python, and print only kind of exists.