https://github.com/callmesalmon/kite
Source code for the "Kite" programming language. Contributions are always welcome! (WIP)
https://github.com/callmesalmon/kite
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Source code for the "Kite" programming language. Contributions are always welcome! (WIP)
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/callmesalmon/kite
- Owner: callmesalmon
- License: other
- Created: 2024-11-08T23:36:14.000Z (6 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-04-12T09:28:11.000Z (22 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-12T10:23:15.795Z (22 days ago)
- Topics: antifascist, c, contribute, contributions-welcome, functional, functional-programming, imperative, imperative-programming, imperative-programming-language, interpreter, minimal, minimalist, programming, programming-language, recursion, recursive, recursive-functions, recursive-programming
- Language: C
- Homepage:
- Size: 153 KB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
Kite Programming Language
=========================
Kite is a pure and minimalistic programming language written in C.
It can be a lot, but if I'd *have* to classify it, it's a functional
programming language with imperative elements. This is a sample of what
code written in Kite might look like:
```coffeescript
let loop = fun(func, times, until)
if times < until do @(func, times + 1, until)
else func
let incr = fun(num)
num + 1
let mainloop = fun(k, j, i)
loop(incr(k), j, i)
loop(mainloop(1, 5, 25), 0, 10)
```
Simple program to print the number "100":
```coffeescript
# To print without newline:
write(tostring(100)
# or
import io
io.print(100)
# To print with a newline:
writeln(tostring(100))
# or
import io
io.println(100)
```
It also includes functions:
```coffeescript
let println = fun(v)
writeln(tostring(v)
let sum = fun(x)
if x < 2 do x
else x + sum(x - 1)
println(sum(3))
```
This does the same thing as the last example:
```coffeescript
let println = fun(v)
writeln(tostring(v))
println((fun(x) if x < 2 do x else x + @(x - 1))(3))
```
> [!NOTE]
> Pro tip: Shebangs work just fine with kite! If you can't be bothered to
> run ``kite run file.kite``, just put ``#!/usr/local/bin/kite run`` in file.kite,
> run ``chmod +x file.kite`` and then you can run file.kite by ``./file.kite``!
Oh, almost forgot about Modules:
```coffeescript
import io
io.print(10)
io.println(20)
io.print(30)
```
stdlib/io.kite:
```coffeescript
let export print = fun(val)
write(tostring(val))
let export println = fun(val)
writeln(tostring(val))
```
Another module; func:
```coffeescript
import func
let test = fun()
writeln(tostring(100))
func.loop(test(), 0, 10)
```
stdlib/func.kite:
```coffeescript
let export loop = fun(func, times, until)
if times < until do @(func, times + 1, until)
else func
```
Another one; math:
```coffeescript
import math
writeln(tostring(math.facto(5)))
writeln(tostring(math.fib(10)))
```
stdlib/math.kite:
```coffeescript
let facto = fun(n)
if n == 1 do n
else n * @(n - 1)
let fib = fun(x)
if x < 2 do 1
else @(x - 1) + @(x - 2)
```
> [!NOTE]
> All modules should be located in the ``lib/`` directory. This means that you
> can create your own Kite project, and you can import other files
> by putting them in the ``lib/`` directory.
Requirements
------------
* [clang](https://clang.llvm.org/)
* [make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make)
* [git](https://git-scm.com/downloads) or [Github CLI](https://github.com/cli/cli#installation)
Installation
------------
To install, firstly clone the repo:
```sh
# git
git clone https://github.com/callmesalmon/kite
# gh
gh repo clone callmesalmon/kite
```
Then build an executable using make:
```sh
cd kite
sudo make
# NOTE: To only build the project,
# not install it, run:
make build
```