https://github.com/chharvey/counterpoint

A robust programming language.
https://github.com/chharvey/counterpoint

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A robust programming language.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/chharvey/counterpoint
• Owner: chharvey
• License: agpl-3.0
• Created: 2019-06-06T03:29:54.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: dev
• Last Pushed: 2024-07-04T17:12:37.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-30T18:21:27.610Z (3 months ago)
• Language: TypeScript
• Size: 6.7 MB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 43
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# solid

A robust programming language.

Read the [documentation] (link pending) on what Solid is and what it can do.

To start coding in Solid, follow the guide below.

## Code in Solid

The first step is to make sure you have `node` and `npm` installed.

Go to https://nodejs.org/en/ and download the **LTS (“Recommended For Most Users”)** version.

This will install both tools.

Since this project is still in pre-release, it’s not fully stable or published to a registry yet.

Until it reaches v1.0.0, you’ll need to obtain its source code from GitHub and build it yourself.

If you don’t already have `git` installed, (run `git --version` in your command line to check),

you can download it from https://git-scm.com/.

After installing the requisites, run the following commands in your command line:

```shell

$ git clone https://github.com/chharvey/solid.git

$ cd ./solid/

$ npm ci && npm run build

```

To be sure it installed correctly, run this command to see the current version of `solid`:

```shell

$ npx solid --version # you should see:

> solid version 0.2.0

```

Run `npx solid --help` for the full suite of CLI commands.

Now you’re ready to start coding!

For this demo, we’ll write a simple calculation of only numbers and operators.

Open a new text file and enter the following source code:

```

1 + +2 ^ (5 - 3) * -4;

```

Then save the file under `./sample/my-program.solid` within the project directory.

Once you save your source code, you can compile and execute it from the command line.

Make sure your current working directory is the `./solid/` project directory as shown above

(for now, you’ll need to be in this directory to run the compiler),

and then run the following commands:

```shell

$ npx solid c ./sample/my-program.solid

$ npx solid r ./sample/my-program.wasm

```

The first line compiles your source code into an executable binary format,

and the second line runs that executable.

For a full description of what the `solid` command-line interface can do, run `npx solid --help`.

That’s it! You should see `[-15]` in the output,

which is the result of evaluating the expression.

Play around with the expression to change its value.

*This demo was a simple calculator, but Solid can do much more.

You can explore all the current features in the

[Reference Manual](https://github.com/chharvey/solid/blob/master/docs/reference/contents.md).

Of course, the plan is for it to become a fully-functional programming language.

You can follow its progression on [GitHub](https://github.com/chharvey/solid/milestones) for details.*