How can I run the Kotlin REPL kotlinc-jvm or kotlinc

Question

I am completely new to Kotlin, and I am trying to run the Kotlin REPL.

Following this, and considering I am using OS X, and I have tried this:

$ /usr/local/bin/kotlinc-jvm

which is equivalent to:

$ kotlinc-jvm

Then in the following link, I found that a nicer way to run it is:

$ kotlinc

Is there any differences between this two commands, and which one should I choose?

Answer 1

If you look inside the kotlinc-jvm files, they actually just launch the kotlinc that's in the same folder they are in, and pass any arguments they were started with to it:

kotlinc-jvm for Unix:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# (License here)

DIR="${BASH_SOURCE[0]%/*}"
: ${DIR:="."}

"${DIR}"/kotlinc "$@"

kotlinc-jvm.bat for Windows:

@echo off

rem (License here)

call %~dps0kotlinc.bat %*

I'm not sure why kotlinc-jvm is there in this form, it's basically just a very simple redirect. I'd just use kotlinc.