Not sure I buy that. I think you need to go further up the thread chain to see the OP on this[1], which, to be fair to your interpretation, wasn't written by dw

Not sure I buy that. I think you need to go further up the thread chain to see the OP on this[1], which, to be fair to your interpretation, wasn't written by dwaltrip: > If your language doesn't have a REPL, your language is less productive. Deal with it. That seems exactly like the kind of claim that everyone should view with a healthy dose of skepticism, and I think zzalpha's initial response[2] hit that right on the nose. [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14344891 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14344891 [2] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14344957 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14344957