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They say Common Lisp (and Smalltalk) provide the "best" REPL experience.

Thanks! Merged list of prev threads:

On Repl-Driven Programming (2020) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31277149 - May 2022 (52 comments)

Hell Is Other REPLs - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28345617 - Aug 2021 (234 comments)

On Repl-Driven Programming - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25620256 - Jan 2021 (206 comments)

What makes a good REPL? (2017) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24588453 - Sept 2020 (27 comments)

What makes a good REPL? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15113170 - Aug 2017 (170 comments)

I would add Clojure to that list as well (though perhaps this is old hat to other lispers): https://youtu.be/gIoadGfm5T8

Well if we're creating a list then I would also add Factor, which provides a full graphical REPL with code browsing, help/docs system, step-thru & interactive debugger, full data/state inspection and much more.

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