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3−Pry open interperters to get a REPL.
3+Prybar is a universal interpreter front-end. Same interface, same REPL, different languages.
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5+## Why
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7+At [Repl.it](https://repl.it) we're in the bussiness of running REPLs. As it happens to be
8+every language implements them differently. We wanted them to all behave the same: run code and drop into a REPL!
9+
10+## How it works
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12+Prybar, written in Golang, maintains a common command-line interface that calls into
13+a select language backend. The language backends are implemented using cgo and the langauge's C-bindings.
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515## Usage
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