How are Lisp REPLs different from Python or Ruby REPLs ? (Hackernews, 2020)

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Mikelevins, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23811382 , July 2020 (some more comments on https://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/comments/hqesvp/explaining_the_advantages_of_the_repl/ ) (on terminology: we should maybe call Python’s “REPL” a shell , and put emphasis on image-based development , instead of only saying REPL, for Lisp) I’ve answered similar questions several times…

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