https://github.com/anorth/expl

An expression language for rapid, explorable, explainable programming [WIP]
https://github.com/anorth/expl

compiler expression-language graalvm numerical-computation programming-language

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An expression language for rapid, explorable, explainable programming [WIP]

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/anorth/expl
• Owner: anorth
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-11-13T15:27:05.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-06-08T04:44:06.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-31T05:47:17.604Z (16 days ago)
• Topics: compiler, expression-language, graalvm, numerical-computation, programming-language
• Language: Kotlin
• Homepage:
• Size: 438 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# expl

An embeddable expression language for modelling and exploring.

This is a very early work in progress.

Goals:

- An accessible syntax to analysts and modellers, without feeling 

too much like "programming" (think spreadsheet formulae)

- Easily embeddable in applications and other programming environments

- Fast numerical calculation, vector/array manipulation, tabular data

- No efficiency penalty for natural expression of a solution

- Support for explorable interfaces and extreme debug-ability

Approach:

- Limited goals, not a full-featured application development language

- High level of abstraction enabling extreme compiler restructuring

- Purely functional, immutable, strictly-typed, but "blue-collar" pragmatism

For now, I'm exploring these ideas via an interpreter, but the goal is to JIT-compile.

Inspirations: Spreadsheets, Pandas, Julia, Wolfram, JQ

*Expl* is not a very good name. I'm looking for a new one.