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Joker_vD on Sept 3, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Joker: A small interpreted dialect of Clojure writ...

Hey! That's my name! :) Incidentally, I also have a small language also implemented in Go although it's actually called "🃏".

So it's a Clojure REPL and linter/formatter? Why have REPL at all then?

stcredzero on Sept 3, 2021 [–]

Why have REPL at all then?

To many, interactive development and debugging is the main point of the Clojure REPL. (Also true for many dynamic languages.) I take it you don't code and debug using such techniques. Some feel they are a revelation.

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