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Counterpoint: I work at the REPL of scripting languages roughly as much as I do the shell prompt.
by inopinatus 5y ago
Counterpoint: I work at the REPL of scripting languages roughly as much as I do the shell prompt.
- patrck 5y agoEvery shell is a REPL Using your editor to drive a shell is a huge win because it: (a) flips the development bit in your brain, and (b) creates a shared history across all your machines. Combine that with literate programming and you have a `duck-talking` history of every development or outage response tied to what you actually did.
- gorgoiler 5y agoDon’t you ever use a debugger? Don’t you consider that a REPL? It’s the same paradigm as a REPL with the same upsides and downsides.
- patrck 5y agoDefinitely. Debugging loves `duck-talking`. Didn't mean to come across as REPLs consisted only items in the set of { programming , shells }.