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I just don't think you've tried or been exposed to responsible REPL prototyping and development. Like sure, you could have all sorts of issues if you use REPL irresponsibly and pollute your state with undocumented code and side effects. But if you use it responsibly, it can be really fast and efficient when prototyping things... Even complex subsystems in a larger codebase. I've prototyped entire reimplementations of…
I probably haven't. But I have seen quite a bit of irresponsible REPL development. What I don't see is the benefit of the REPL. I effectively use my editor and the shell as a "REPL", but instead prefer to have the code in a program structure all the time. This means I don't have to have extra discipline for not accidentally polluting the state. Plus I can use version control, which means I can quite easily try out qu…
Re: Julia 1.6: what has changed since Julia 1.0?
#211Good comment. I personally use the REPL exclusively but I can totally see how your workflow can be benefitial in some ways.