[E-Lang] Syntax change: reducing side-effects

[zooko@mad-scientist.com]

 Hal Finney wrote:
>
> I've always liked interactive development systems that let you work like
> this, going back to APL.  You define a function and then try calling
> it from the command line, and when it works you define more complex
> functions that use it.  Does anyone else use E this way?


I do this sometimes in Python.  Perhaps your interactive interpreter
can have a mode in which it automatically varifies everything, for
this purpose.


Regards,

Zooko