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by ZenoArrow
3631 days ago
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My point is that REPLs (and other dynamic programming tools) have been in constant use since they were invented, and although respect can be paid to the originators of the approach, we're not really experiencing a rediscovery of those first ideas, but rather we're experiencing an evolution of the ideas they started. In other words, there's been plenty of activity in this area between when they were invented and now, let's not discount that activity. As for modern systems not allowing the whole OS to be exposed via a REPL, there is at least one actively developed OS that allows this, and that's Oberon. The most recent revision of the Oberon OS was from 2013. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon_(operating_system) |
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The version 3 with the Gadgets framework was quite cool.
The only modern OS environments that come close to these experiences are Windows with .NET/VS/Powershell and OS X with Playgrounds, the OS X Frameworks and Applescript.
Don't get me wrong, it is great what they are doing and I for one enjoy Notebooks, Playgrounds, modern IDEs, tooling that allows for both for JIT and AOT, while offering safety.
Just a bit nostalgic how things could have been different.
For example, when Google brought out ChromeOS and Dart, I thought there was a perfect opportunity to have a similar experience, but that is not how it turned out to be.