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How to write a good REPL

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porky11

#1 Wed May 07, 2014 3:30 pm

I want to have a REPL like the one in clisp, that I can call as a function myself.

Where do I get lisp code of such a REPL that I can modify etc. ?

Goheeca

#2 Sat May 10, 2014 8:55 pm

Re: How to write a good REPL

Here is a source of clisp REPL: http://clisp.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc ... ploop.lisp. Usually it's very entangled with low-level implementation-dependent functions of the given CL implementation. I've been playing with ABCL in the same manner to make it run as an applet and it's not easy to create a proper REPL, but when I've found out there exist issues with the java security policy my enthusiasm dropped.

cl-2dsyntax is my attempt to create a Python-like reader. My mirror of CLHS (and the dark themed version). Temporary mirrors of aferomentioned: CLHS and a dark version.