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Is there any technical difference between a REPL and an interpreter?
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REPL stands for Read, Evaluate, Print, Loop. The REPL is how you interact with the Python Interpreter. Unlike running a file containing Python code, in the REPL you can type commands and instantly see the output printed out.
REPL stands for Read Evaluate Print Loop, and is the name given to the interactive MicroPython prompt that is accessible on the Pycom devices. Using the REPL is by far the easiest way to test out Python code and run commands. You can use the REPL in addition to writing scripts in main.py .
WHAT IS REPL.IT? Repl.it is a free IDE (integrated development environment) that allows users to write their own programs and code in dozens of different languages.
The Python interpreter is a virtual machine, meaning that it is software that emulates a physical computer. This particular virtual machine is a stack machine: it manipulates several stacks to perform its operations (as contrasted with a register machine, which writes to and reads from particular memory locations).
Interactive interpreters use REPLs. An interpreter is not required to have one. You can run Python, for example, in non-interactive mode (on a file) and it will not use a read-eval-print loop.
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