Online Haskell REPL
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online repl
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
4 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Performance: 1 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful for quickly creating and testing small programs
From 2 comments
I just want to say congratulation to repl.it that has brought Haskell to it. I love using repl.it whenever I need to create and test a small program. Beside that, repl.it is an…
0x54MUR41 on HNPretty cool, might be very useful for students in MOOC.
agumonkey on HN
Objections
Browser crashes or hangs on Firefox when opening the REPL
From 2 comments
For some reason, repl.it crashes my FireFox without fail every time I try to open a REPL. It's a shame; there have been several occasions over the past few months where it would…
reynoldsbd on HNI don't even know where to begin debugging. My browser just locks up and has to be killed. Usually before the page with the REPL even starts rendering. Weird.
reynoldsbd on HN
Import statements fail in the editor
From 1 comment
I can import modules in the repl, but not in the editor: ``` import System.IO main :: IO () main = return () ``` After clicking run, this fails with "error: expecting a single…
danidiaz on HN
Sandbox can be broken with unsafeCoerce segfault
From 1 comment
I was able to hang the session using unsafeCoerce to cause a segfault, so you might want to specify -XSafe in the GHCi options for good measure. I don’t think there’s a way to…
evincarofautumn on HN
Requests
Fix Firefox crashes
From 1 comment
Sorry to hear that. I'll make sure to fix it. Are you on windows? What version of Firefox? Aside: Firefox have been breaking our site every couple of months and we have to keep…
amasad on HN
Clearer landing page on whether product is for classroom or general use
From 1 comment
Random feedback for your main site: It's totally unclear to me if you only offer some kind of classroom product or something for more general use. Some of the text indicates the…
detaro on HN
Questions
How is the code sandboxed?
From 1 comment
How are you sandboxing it?
gwern on HN