https://github.com/elisstaaf/kite

Source code for the "Kite" programming language. Contributions are always welcome! (WIP)
https://github.com/elisstaaf/kite

apache-2-0-license 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

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Source code for the "Kite" programming language. Contributions are always welcome! (WIP)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/elisstaaf/kite
• Owner: ElisStaaf
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2024-11-08T23:36:14.000Z (3 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-11-20T21:38:34.000Z (2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-20T22:43:19.706Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: apache-2-0-license, 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
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• Size: 132 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README
  • 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:

    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":

   

    # 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:

    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:

    let println = fun(v)

        writeln(tostring(v))

    println((fun(x) if x < 2 do x else x + @(x - 1))(3))

Oh, almost forgot about Modules:

    import io

    io.print(10)

    io.println(20)

    io.print(30)

stdlib/io.kite:

    let export print = fun(val)

        write(tostring(val))

    let export println = fun(val)

        writeln(tostring(val))

Another module; func:

    import func

    let test = fun()

        writeln(tostring(100))

     func.loop(test(), 0, 10)

stdlib/func.kite:

    let export loop = fun(func, times, until)

        if times < until do @(func, times + 1, until)

        else func

(All modules should be located in ./stdlib/)

Requirements

------------

* https://gcc.gnu.org/install

* https://www.gnu.org/software/make

* https://git-scm.com/downloads or https://github.com/cli/cli#installation

Installation

------------

To install, firstly clone the repo:

    # git

    git clone https://github.com/ElisStaaf/kite

    # gh

    gh repo clone ElisStaaf/kite

Then build an executable using make:

    cd kite

    sudo make