read-eval-print loop

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noun Technical meaning of read-eval-print loop (language, LISP, programming) (REPL) A programming structure within LISP which repeatedly reads a form from the user, evaluates it, and displays the result. A read-eval-print loop forms the basis of the Top-Level shell that programmers of the LISP family of languages interact with. In many dialects of LISP a very simple REPL could be implemented as: (loop (print (eval (read)))). (2003-06-23) 1
noun read-eval-print loop (programming) An interactive programming language interpreter. 0

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