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   by mfikes 11y ago

   Replete is in beta right now, so it simply requires signing up and making use of TestFlight. https://github.com/mfikes/replete/wiki/Beta Also, it is a slightly older version, but if you want, you can try it d
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   by mfikes 11y ago

   It is _extremely_ viable: The core REPL functionality is based on a few ClojureScript lines from Joel Martin's initial work for something similar for Node. In short, to make an Android version would involve just running a JavaScript en
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   by mfikes 11y ago

   One way to look at it: Replete has a bit of CLJS source which requires the reader, analyzer and compiler namespaces. When Replete's source is built (using the JVM), these additional namespaces get compiled down to JavaScript and are us
4. 64.▲
   by mfikes 11y ago

   Replete doesn't yet support using external libraries, but since the analyzer/compiler is available, I don't see any conceptual barrier preventing bootstrapped environments from consuming libraries. David Nolen spoke a bit abo
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   by mfikes 11y ago

   A nice aspect of this is that it is making use of a new capability of ClojureScript to bootstrap itself. This means that it can run its own compiler from within JavaScript, thus making it easy to create ClojureScript REPLs in environments w
6. 66.▲
   by mfikes 11y ago

   Author here. Willing to answer questions.
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   by mfikes 11y ago

   Man, Bruce is consistently dwelling on the fundamentals, pushing on the boundaries, and questioning how we do things. Well worth a read!