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They still have REPLs, which is the relevant part.

Having a REPL doesn't mean the implementation is using an interpreter.

Many languages do have REPLs which JIT before execution.

Fine, 'scuse my imprecision: it's JIT interpreted.

The point is that you can do bottom-up programming at the command line (a.k.a. the "listener" in Prolog).