https://github.com/bait-lang/bait
Simple yet powerful programming language for building reliable software. Work in progress.
https://github.com/bait-lang/bait
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Simple yet powerful programming language for building reliable software. Work in progress.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/bait-lang/bait
- Owner: bait-lang
- License: mpl-2.0
- Created: 2023-04-28T16:39:35.000Z (about 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-04-16T11:56:41.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-22T02:12:37.960Z (12 months ago)
- Topics: bait, compiler, language, programming-language, self-hosted
- Language: Shell
- Homepage:
- Size: 982 KB
- Stars: 14
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 5
- Open Issues: 14
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE.txt
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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README
Bait programming language
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## Introduction
This repository contains the compiler, cli, standard library and documentation for Bait.
```bait
fun main() {
println('hello world')
}
```
## Key Features
> **Status:** Active Development.
> Bait is usable for personal projects, but please be aware of bugs and incomplete features.
- Consistent syntax balancing simplicity for newcomers with power for experienced developers
- Type and memory safety with immutability by default
- Explicit and predictable error handling using Result types
- JavaScript backend (NodeJS)
- 🚧 C backend
- Cross-platform support (Linux, 🚧 Windows)
## Documentation
The [Language Overview](docs/docs.md) provides a brief introduction to the syntax and features.
> More ressources, docs and examples will be released in the future.
## Examples
Some basic example programs can be found in the [examples](examples) directory.
For a much larger list of examples, check out the [Rosetta Code solutions][rosetta].
## Installation
Right now Bait has to be compiled from source.
Precompiled binaries will be available in the future.
## Building from source
> Required dependencies: `git` and `NodeJS >= 18`
Linux:
```sh
git clone https://github.com/bait-lang/bait
cd bait
./make.sh
sudo ./bait symlink
```
Windows:
```powershell
git clone https://github.com/bait-lang/bait
cd bait
./make.bat
# In admin shell:
./bait.bat symlink
```
Now you should have Bait compiled to JS at `/bait.js`.
Thanks to the symlinked wrapper script,
you can use the compiler with a simple command like `bait run examples/hello_world.bt`.
### Upgrading to the latest version
To update Bait to the latest commit, run `bait up`.
## Contributing
Your contributions are always welcome and highly appreciated!
To get started, please take a look at [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md).
## Community
For progress updates, discussions and support, join the [official Discord server][discord-invite].
## License
Bait is provided under the [MIT License](./LICENSE.txt).
[ci-badge]: https://github.com/bait-lang/bait/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=main
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[discord-invite]: https://discord.gg/sM8mspGMnf
[rosetta]: https://github.com/bait-lang/rosetta-bait