I think they are very similar, but different enough that it makes sense to use different words. Using just the word "REPL" doesn't give much insight into the ic

I think they are very similar, but different enough that it makes sense to use different words. Using just the word "REPL" doesn't give much insight into the iceberg of capabilities that lisps like Clojure, Common Lisp, etc. provide. I wrote a long post about some of the differences: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28475647 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28475647 Would love a better word or phrase to differentiate from e.g. the way people experience a python or haskell REPL.