Replit now supports every programming language in Nix

Re:Replit now supports every programming language in Nix by lilyball on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:03AM (#27273768)

I just tried out the i3 repo linked at the bottom of the blog post, and uh wow. Here we have what looks like an X Window session, accessible via (presumably) VNC embedded into the browser, running a custom tiling window manager (i3), with xterm, neovim, and firefox available. All on a site that’s supposed to be for writing code and hosting apps.

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Re:Replit now supports every programming language in Nix by livre on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @01:50PM (#27279952)

X and xterm are accessible because they also let you run graphical apps, for example you can program using pygame. I'm not sure why they would add neovim and Firefox.

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Re:Replit now supports every programming language in Nix by cbrewster on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @06:37PM (#27283635)

It was more of a silly demonstration showing what's possible and less about being practical. :)

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