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Ask HN: what are some dynamic programming environments other than emacs?
By dynamic I mean it can be altered and introspected at runtime without having to relaunch the app.
By environment I mean something with a UI and some kind of access to the local system.
I'm looking for an alternative dynamic environment to live in during work.
- informatimago 13y ago1- unix of course. The simple fact of compiling and linking a program, or writing a script, changes the unix environment since you can then on use it as a new command. 2- MPW, the Macintosh Programmer Workshop, which was influenced by the unix design and also by emacs did let you write new commands, and install them under menus. 3- any application with some kind of scriptability feature where you can add new scripts that you can use as new command would fit the bill.
- todd8 13y agoI'm not sure these qualify as solutions that your are looking for, but they are very interesting, fun, and useful. 1) Squeak Smalltalk 2) IPython
- MarcusDenker 13y agoThere is Pharo: http://www.pharo-project.org/ http://www.pharo-project.org/ But it is more an IDE, not a general UI for work like Emacs. (But it could for sure be turned into one)