ielm is a fantastic elisp interpreter, but you're often better off using *scratch*. Easy to forget when coming from other scripting PLs!
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Optimise time to first feature. Allow mutation of the running system to experiment. Interactive inspection of data.
Coming from JS or Python, imports in Rust feel weird. They're entirely optional aliases for fully qualified symbols, which are always available.
I don't know of many other languages where you can just start using libraries. Java is the only one I can think of.
@MekahimeAkari @lifning "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off". -- Real Stroustrup quote, 1986