red 050 fails to start repl

gistfile1.txt

./red-050 
*** Driver Internal Error: Script Error : Cannot use lesser? on date! value 
*** Where: run-console 
*** Near:  [if any [
not exists? exe 
(modified? exe) < modified? bin
] [
console: %environment/console/ 
write script read-cache console/console.red 
write temp-dir/help.red read-cache console/help.red 
write temp-dir/input.red read-cache console/input.red 
opts: make system-dialect/options-class [
link?: yes 
unicode?: yes 
config-name: to word! default-target 
build-basename: %console 
build-prefix: temp-dir 
red-help?: yes
] 
opts: make opts select load-targets opts/config-name 
print "Pre-compiling Red console..." 
result: red/compile script opts 
system-dialect/compile/options/loaded script opts result/1 
delete script 
delete temp-dir/help.red 
delete temp-dir/input.red 
if all [Windows? not lib?] [
print "Please run red.exe again to access the console." 
quit/return 1
]
] 
exe:
]