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# Conlang: Expression-Oriented Programming Language
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This project began out of a desire to merge Rust-style control flow expressions
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with Python's fun for-else/while-else syntax. I fully intend to devote my spare time
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to conlang for the forseeable future.
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## Immediate Goals:
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- [x] Decide on a minimal set of keywords and operators to support
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- [x] Lex an entire Rust source file (minus generics, paths, and lifetimes)
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- [x] Write expression grammar
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- [x] Write AST for expression grammar
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- [x] Write parser for AST
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- [ ] Create tests for parser (and AST)
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- [x] Parse `dummy.cl` into a valid AST
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- [x] Pretty printer, for debugging
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- [x] Create minimal statement grammar
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- [x] Variable definition statements
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- [x] Function definition statements
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## Short Goals:
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- [x] `for` loops and `while` loops can be used on the trailing side of an assignment
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- [x] Tree-walk interpreter for prototyping and debugging
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- [x] Data structures and sum-type enums
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- [ ] Expression type-checker
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- [ ] Pattern destructuring, to take advantage of sum-type enums
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- [ ] Three-address bytecode VM for standard library development
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- [ ] Trait/Interface system
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## Long Goals:
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- [ ] Minimize the number of kinds of statements
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- [ ] Compile to LLVM IR
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- [ ] Create a standard library for the language, with Rust-like abstractions.
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- [ ] Port the compiler to Conlang
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