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Howdy,

Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net> skribis:

>> (Though printing addresses in a REPL isn=E2=80=99t =E2=80=9Cbad practice=
=E2=80=9D IMO, it=E2=80=99s just
>> that it doesn=E2=80=99t mesh well with the intended use of notebooks.)
>
> And that's exactly the difference between a REPL and a reproducible
> document. Unfortunately, Jupyter tries to be both and thus never
> explains the differences clearly.

Yeah.

>> At the API level, there=E2=80=99s =E2=80=98inferior-for-channels=E2=80=
=99 which does that +
>> registers a GC root + maintains a cache so that the second time you use
>> a given instance of Guix it=E2=80=99s immediately available.
>
> Just what I need...

Awesome, let us know how it goes!

Ludo=E2=80=99.