Does a REPL exist for Bosque?

Question

I have checked out the new programming language and i compiled my code examples with exegen. In order to get more productive and in order to get faster feedback, i would like to use a REPL.

For example i would like to write this code in the REPL instead of compiling:

namespace NSMain;

entrypoint function main(): String {
  return "Hello world";
}

I named my file hello-world.bsc and i compile this by getting node ./BosqueLanguage/ref_impl/bin/runtimes/exegen/exegen.js hello-world.bsc getting an a.out file, which i am able to execute, which is printing to console:

"Hello world"

In other languages like Python, Ruby, Clojure, Javascript, etc. i am able to enter the code in a REPL like in this example in Python:

>>> print("Hello world")
Hello world

Does a REPL exist for bosque and how am i able to start it?

Answer 1

There is none for now. (state September 2025)