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>Here is the one features that is taken for granted in "modern stacks": >Edit file -> Alt+tab ctrl+R. Oops, Alt+tab fix -> Alt+tab ctrl+R. Yeah, this is prett

by vegai_ 5y ago

>Here is the one features that is taken for granted in "modern stacks": >Edit file -> Alt+tab ctrl+R. Oops, Alt+tab fix -> Alt+tab ctrl+R. Yeah, this is pretty much what the Common Lisp and Smalltalk people have been doing since mid 1980s. Except that they're not limited to web applications. And also python people to some extent, with ipython. And Haskell people with ghci. The value of less friction cannot be overstated in coding work.

aeno 5y ago
> Except that they're not limited to web applications With PHP, you're not limited to web apps as well. The same rapid-fire style development can be applied when building CLI applications.
- vegai_ 5y ago
  That's news to me. Does PHP have a REPL now with module reloading with lingering state?