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@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ The Kraken Programming Language
(more info and examples at http://limvot.github.io/kraken/) (more info and examples at http://limvot.github.io/kraken/)
The Kraken Programming Language is functional but very much still in development. The Kraken Programming Language is functional but very much still in development.
It has both the normal features you might expect of a modern language, (functions, variables, an object system, dynamic memory), as well as some more advanced ones (mutually recursive definitions, lambdas/closures, algebraic data types, templates, marker traits, defer statements, etc).
Currently, it consists of a RNGLALR parser written in C++, an AST intermediate representation, and a C code generator. Currently, it consists of a RNGLALR parser written in C++, an AST intermediate representation, and a C code generator.
When compiled, the kraken compiler will take in a text file to be parsed and optionally the grammer file to use and an output file name. When compiled, the kraken compiler will take in a text file to be parsed and optionally the grammer file to use and an output file name.
Kraken will then generate the RNLALR parsing tables from the grammer or load them from a binary file if Kraken has been run with this exact version of the grammer before. Then it will parse the input and export one .c and .h file along with a .sh script containing the compiler command to compile the C files together into a binary. Kraken will then generate the RNLALR parsing tables from the grammer or load them from a binary file if Kraken has been run with this exact version of the grammer before. Then it will parse the input and export one .c file along with a .sh script containing the compiler command to compile the C files together into a binary.
The current work is going into self-hosting the compiler, which is progressing quickly. Currently, the self-hosted version can compile simple programs consisting of functions, variables, normal operators, if statements, while loops, and very simple C-passthroughs.
It is invoked in this way: It is invoked in this way: