https://github.com/cx-language/cx

C* is a hybrid low-level/high-level systems programming language focused on performance and productivity.
https://github.com/cx-language/cx

compiler fast high-performance language native performance programming-language system-programming systems-language

Last synced: 3 months ago
JSON representation

C* is a hybrid low-level/high-level systems programming language focused on performance and productivity.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/cx-language/cx
• Owner: cx-language
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-12-07T20:57:26.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-05-17T16:15:54.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-21T14:05:24.271Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: compiler, fast, high-performance, language, native, performance, programming-language, system-programming, systems-language
• Language: C++
• Homepage: https://cx-language.github.io/
• Size: 5.7 MB
• Stars: 127
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 9
• Open Issues: 17
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt
  • Code of conduct: docs/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

Awesome Lists containing this project

README

        
# The C* Programming Language

C* (pronounced "C star") is a C-based hybrid low-level/high-level programming language focused on runtime

performance and developer productivity (in this order of priority). The language is simple and unopinionated,

supporting imperative, generic, data-oriented, functional, and object-oriented programming.

Learn more about the language at https://cx-language.github.io/.

The project is still in early stages of development: some planned features have not yet been implemented,

existing ones are subject to change, and the documentation is scarce.

## Contributing

Contributions are welcome.

See the GitHub issues and the [Trello board](https://trello.com/b/NIbkM4v2/c) for the project backlog.

To ask a question or open a discussion, create an issue or join the [C* Discord server](https://discord.gg/hsDbW9p).

## Building from source

Compiling C* requires a C++17 compiler, [CMake](https://cmake.org), and

[LLVM](https://llvm.org)/[Clang](https://clang.llvm.org) 12.

- ### Unix / macOS

    Download and extract LLVM/Clang 12 pre-built binaries for your platform from

    https://releases.llvm.org/download.html, or using a package manager, e.g. `brew install llvm@12`.

    Then run the following commands:

      mkdir build

      cd build

      cmake .. -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="/path/to/llvm"

- ### Windows with Visual Studio

    Download and extract LLVM/Clang 12 pre-built binaries from somewhere, such as

    https://ziglang.org/deps/llvm%2bclang%2blld-12.0.1-rc1-x86_64-windows-msvc-release-mt.tar.xz

    (consider [sponsoring Zig](https://github.com/sponsors/ziglang)).

    Then run the following commands:

      mkdir build

      cd build

      cmake .. -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="C:\path\to\llvm" -DCMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM=x64 -Thost=x64

To run the tests, install [lit](https://llvm.org/docs/CommandGuide/lit.html)

and its optional dependencies via [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/):

    sudo python3 -m pip install lit psutil

After this, the following commands can be invoked from the `build` directory:

- `cmake --build .` builds the project.

- `cmake --build . --target check` runs the test suite.

The C++ code style is enforced by ClangFormat and ClangTidy:

- Run the `format` CMake target to format the code.

- Run the `lint` CMake target to check if the code is formatted.

## License

C* is licensed under the MIT license, a permissive free software license.

See the file [LICENSE.txt](LICENSE.txt) for the full license text.