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Conlang: Expression-oriented programming language # Conlang: Expression-Oriented Programming Language
This project began out of a desire to merge functional-style control flow expressions
with Python's fun for-else/while-else syntax. I fully intend to devote my spare time
to conlang for the forseeable future, and I livestream development on Twitch for one
Friday each month.
TODO: the language ## Immediate Goals:
- [x] Decide on a minimal set of keywords and operators to support
- [x] Lex an entire Rust source file (minus generics, paths, and lifetimes)
- [x] Write expression grammar
- [ ] Write AST for expression grammar
- [ ] Write parser for AST
- [ ] Create tests for parser (and AST)
- [ ] Parse `dummy.cl` into a valid AST
- [ ] Pretty printer, for debugging
- [ ] Create minimal statement grammar
- [ ] Variable definition statements
- [ ] Function definition statements
## Short Goals:
- [ ] `for` loops and `while` loops can be used on the right-hand side of an assignment
- [ ] Expression type-checker
- [ ] AST-walk interpreter for prototyping and debugging
- [ ] Three-reference bytecode VM for standard library development
- [ ] Semicolons are not given special treatment
## Long Goals:
- [ ] Compile to LLVM IR
- [ ] Create a standard library for the language, with Rust-like