Read-Eval-Print-Loop with a twist: repl.it
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/12/26
Just found out about the repl.it site that allows you to do a Read-Eval-Print-Loop with 15 different languages running from within your browser.
Really: from within your browser. Your browser becomes a console “IDE” by first translating the language to JavaScript then executing it on the browser.
They have all their code in a Git repository, with at the root implementations of those languages.
There are only a few pages on the site to complement the “IDE”:
- repl.it – Help (including a bunch of bash-like shortcuts (similar to the ones used in emacs / MacOS).
- repl.it – Select a Language (it will show the first time you launch repl.it, after that it remembers your language choice).
- repl.it – Example Code (depending on the languages, for instance first class function, factorial, hello world, loop, input, etc).
- repl.it – About.
According to their @replit twitter feed they have been around since about September 2011, but there are still regular updates.
–jeroen
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