REPL

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Canada/ɹɛpl̩/

A form of read-eval-print loop — An interactive programming language interpreter.

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Meanings

noun

alternative uncommon repl

  1. abbreviationacronymcomputingAcronym of read-eval-print loop.

    As the name suggests, this command sends the expression immediately preceding point to the REPL, which then evaluates the expression.

    2015, Daniel Higginbotham, Clojure for the Brave and True, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 26

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
read-eval-print loop

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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