>>How did beginners survive the previous REPL for 30 years? Mostly by not using it at all. REPL doesn't maintain a state, atleast not complex enough state to

>>How did beginners survive the previous REPL for 30 years? Mostly by not using it at all. REPL doesn't maintain a state, atleast not complex enough state to be relevant to most things. People only use it for hello world kind of demo and don't touch it ever again.