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I had a quick search, REPLs exist for C, C++, D, Go, and Rust (my shortlist of statically typed, compiled languages). I would question what is meant by a 'true
by chhs 8y ago
I had a quick search, REPLs exist for C, C++, D, Go, and Rust (my shortlist of statically typed, compiled languages).
I would question what is meant by a 'true REPL'. It's certainly seems possible to build a REPL of a statically typed compiled language.
- nonsince 8y agoI don't know about the others (reportedly Cling for C++ is good) but the Rust repl doesn't work properly and is basically just a frontend for incrementally writing a Rust file.
- steveklabnik 8y agoNot only that but it’s about a year out of date at this point. I’m hoping someone eventually makes a new one, possibly based on MIRI.
- sam0x17 8y agoThis is also the current state of the crystal repl shard