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Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by RBerenguel on Monday October 22, 2018 @02:40PM (#18277121)
We've occasionally used it when discussing Python X vs Python Y behaviours across separate machines (I don't have 3.6 installed but 3.7, a coworker has 3.6 but no 3.7) and are the kind of questions you just want to quickly check, not create a new virtual environment (under Homebrew on Mac, good luck having 3.6 _and_ 3.7 if you regularly `brew cleanup`...) or spin a docker instance. The coworker also regularly tries Scala stuff there (he's had to code review some simple things to start getting familiar with the language), he seems to like it more than the normal Scala repl (which I use).

It's also handy for funny little languages you may not have (the APL version it has is decent enough, for instance, although I prefer GNU, as the free one)

Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by philwelch on Monday October 22, 2018 @02:50PM (#18277208)
pyenv is a good solution for managing multiple Python version installations.
Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by solarkraft on Monday October 22, 2018 @05:04PM (#18278497)
Yes, but this is better for quickly trying something.
Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by philwelch on Monday October 22, 2018 @05:04PM (#18278502)
Definitely agreed on that.
Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by RBerenguel on Monday October 22, 2018 @05:19PM (#18278616)
Thanks, I had assumed it would have issues with 3.6 binary not svailable. Will try sgain (although my plan is get everybody using 3.7...)