I'm Creating a Programming Language

by kvthweatt • 12 months ago

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kvthweatt4• 12 months ago

tl;dr it’s what C++ should have been change my mind

fjfaase• 12 months ago

How far are you from self hosting it? Assuming that that is a goal? (I am currently working on a small, probably incomplete, C compiler.)

Edit: spelling

kvthweatt4• 12 months ago

It’s getting very close. I’m currently implementing the reduced specification to get the base language. After that, depending on how much help I get, I may implement more before bootstrapping.

Not gonna lie tho I don’t know shit about compiler theory but seeing how LLVM works I think I can do it.

kvthweatt4• 12 months ago

As of a few hours ago, all LLVM codegen methods have been implemented for the base language!

There are still issues here and there, namely with parsing.

Anyone can begin writing Flux programs and compile them.

kvthweatt4• 12 months ago

Spoke too early, wrote a tool to check what codegen methods were present and it lied to me.

I'm Creating a Programming Language

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