Lively Merge | Collaborative programming kernels

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Lively Merge is a collaborative programming kernel project from Ink & Switch, presented in a notebook format for research and demonstration in live programming and collaborative systems.

<p>This aims to emulate projects like <a href="https://www.lively-kernel.org/" rel="ugc">lively kernel</a> or <a href="https://squeak.org/" rel="ugc">Squeak/Smalltalk</a></p> <p><a href="https://lobste.rs/s/kp1khy/lively_merge_collaborative_programming">Comments</a></p>
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