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paper

author Alan Dipert
2020-02-13 04:13:08 UTC
committer Alan Dipert
2020-02-13 04:13:08 UTC
parent c071e1068a67166c31024474cef7edc5df7ba0cb

paper

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@@ -209,13 +209,15 @@ performed by JavaScript's \texttt{eval} function. Between these, a
 Read Eval Print Loop (REPL) is possible, and the JSCL distribution
 includes a reference implementation of one.
 
-However, JSCL only supports reading from string-backed input streams.
-Input streams are not an abstraction supported by JavaScript in Web
-browsers. With a few obscure exceptions [foot], JavaScript programs
-may only receive input asynchronously.
+\subsubsection{Synchronous reader}
 
-Effectively, the JSCL reader consumes strings, not streams in the
-traditional sense. An error is signaled if the end of the string is
+JSCL supports reading from string-backed pseudo-streams. Input streams
+from which characters may be synchronously consumed are not an
+abstraction supported by JavaScript in Web browsers. With a few
+obscure exceptions [foot], JavaScript programs may only receive input
+asynchronously.
+
+An error is signaled if the end of a string-backed input stream is
 encountered before the reader has finished reading a datum.
 
 Because input strings may not contain partial data, the REPL