Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

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3/8/2026, 5:16:53 AM

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"UPDATE-INSTANCE-FOR-REDEFINED-CLASS is not the weird fever dream of a confused eccentric. It’s part of a purposeful system design intended to support a style of programming in which you build a program by interacting with a live runtime and teach it, interaction-by-interaction, how to be the program you want, while it runs"

https://lisp-journey.gitlab.io/blog/how-are-lisp-repls-different-from-python-or-ruby-repls/

How are Lisp REPLs different from Python or Ruby REPLs ? (Hackernews, 2020) - Lisp journey

Mikelevins, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23811382, July 2020(some more comments on https://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/comments/hqesvp/explaining_the_advantages_of_the_repl/)(on terminology: we should maybe call Python’s “REPL” a shell, and put emphasis on image-based development, instead of only saying REPL, for Lisp)I’ve answered similar questions several times over the past few years, but I don’t mind repeating myself. It offers me a glimmer of hope that my preferred way of working may not fade away, after all.Consider the standard Common Lisp generic function UPDATE-INSTANCE-FOR-REDEFINED-CLASS (http://clhs.

lisp-journey.gitlab.io · Lisp journey

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