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That's a stupid name... REPL has had a precise meaning (Read-Eval-Print-Loop) for the last 50 years, and I don't know how one can choose to give that name to a
by bru 13y ago
That's a stupid name... REPL has had a precise meaning (Read-Eval-Print-Loop) for the last 50 years, and I don't know how one can choose to give that name to a project.
- vdm 13y agoIts a template for building a pipeline. Naming it after this metaphor ("jspipe"?) might work better. It's more like a OpenRefine[0] than Excel; that analogy doesn't work at all for me. It's a REPL in the sense that when you click Run, the value of the current evaluation is used (Looped) as the input for the next expression, but this stretches the common understanding, and naming it this way fails to communicate. The full page transition when you click Run loses the implicit history from a teletype or terminal scrollback. A shell works because you can see two or more values were visible at the same time. The second pane could then show the code of the currently selected value. You could even show the diff/patch between the values as well. The 'Run' text should look like a button rather than a label, and be moved to the right. It might work even better to just evaluate the code on a timeout without an explicit gesture. 0. http://openrefine.org/ http://openrefine.org/ Edited: for more positive feedback.
- mkl 13y agoYes, it's a repl, sort of, but calling it "repl" is like calling a new text editor "editor" or a new programming language "language", seriously confusing and impossible to search for.
- zem 13y agothey should have called it "rep" and put up a rant proclaiming "REP IS THE ONE TRUE REPL"
- spolu 13y agojspipe is indeed a good name... repl is vague I have to admit.
- naiquevin 13y ago+1. Also, being written in uppercase, it seems to be an abbreviation but I couldn't find a possible expansion on the site (Assuming the intended meaning is something other than Read-Eval-Print-Loop)
- k_bx 13y agoHaha, absolutely. I wondered how can REPL have something to JSON at all :)
- username42 13y agoI have exactly the same complaint for the Go language. The game of go is famous enough (the new Drosophila of AI), to not reuse its name.
- Edmond 13y agoAdd the misuse of the term "polyfill" to that list... some passionate debate here: http://remysharp.com/2010/10/08/what-is-a-polyfill/ http://remysharp.com/2010/10/08/what-is-a-polyfill/
- jw2013 13y agoAnd added on that is there is already a pretty established site with same domain name (excluding TLD) called "http://repl.it/" http://repl.it/"