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For people who use Clojure (or another REPL-capable language), would you say that this is the main reason why you use it?

Is it common to write Clojure or other REPL-capable languages in a more "traditional" manner (like how one would write say, Java or C)?

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I'm not sure I'd say the REPL is "the main" reason I use Clojure (there are many reasons, really), but it is an important part of the experience.

I don't know of anyone who is experienced in Clojure and works in a "write-compile-test" way like you'd do in C or Java. While it's certainly feasible, it's not how you're supposed to do it.

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