https://github.com/csjh/mite

A high performance language for Javascript accompaniment
https://github.com/csjh/mite

compiler javascript language programming-language webassembly

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A high performance language for Javascript accompaniment

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/csjh/mite
• Owner: csjh
• License: mit
• Created: 2023-09-21T02:15:23.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-22T04:20:44.000Z (8 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-22T12:44:23.312Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: compiler, javascript, language, programming-language, webassembly
• Language: TypeScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 428 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# The Mite Programming Language

Mite is a programming language designed as a high-performance language to accompany Javascript. It compiles to a small, (hopefully) efficient WebAssembly binary using the binaryen toolchain. A major goal of the project is to keep language features to a minimum to prevent binary size bloat.

The compiler is written in Typescript at the moment, with plans to port it to C++ after a solid baseline PoC is established. The language itself is mostly inspired by C, with some other modern features that add minimal overhead which I find useful in other languages.

Mite was made to accompany my learning during my introduction to C university course, and is not intended for production use. Currently, it is not anywhere near feature complete.

## Features

-   All the basic arithmetic, logical, comparison, and bitwise operators

-   Variables

-   Functions

-   If, for, while, do-while expressions

-   Stack-allocated structs, arrays

-   First class SIMD support

## Roadmap

> In no particular order

-   [x] 0-copy Mite -> Javascript Interop (other than strings)

-   [x] Javascript Helper Mode

-   [ ] Standard Library

-   [ ] Closures

-   [ ] C++ Port

-   [x] Heap [^1]

-   [ ] (Graph-based?) IR for optimzations

-   [x] Strings [^2]

[^1]: A traditional heap (with malloc and free and stuff) is kinda iffy right now, unsure of where it will land atm.

[^2]: This might be pending for the WebAssembly story for strings to be figured out. Right now it seems like one of `stringref` or `JS String Builtins`. String builtins could be polyfilled (albeit possibly slowly), so for now they might be what I go with.