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We do have a term for it, it's Image based programming. The primary means of interacting with said image is quite often the REPL, and so the two may have become
by Guthur 5y ago
We do have a term for it, it's Image based programming. The primary means of interacting with said image is quite often the REPL, and so the two may have become synonymous.
- jdminhbg 5y agoTo me that term also implies that images are the primary means of distribution, as in (most) Smalltalks. That said, it's still probably a better term than REPL for the Clojure experience.
- Guthur 5y agoYes, didn't mean to imply it was unique to Lisp. And when there is little distinction between what you distribute and what you develop in then it's very apt.
- jdminhbg 5y agoRight, but there is a distinction in Clojure between what you distribute and what you develop. You aren't shipping an image, you're shipping compiled source code.