https://github.com/jasonsbarr/wanda

Programming language for a tutorial series on building a compiler
https://github.com/jasonsbarr/wanda

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Programming language for a tutorial series on building a compiler

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jasonsbarr/wanda
• Owner: jasonsbarr
• Created: 2023-05-13T03:24:10.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-31T19:31:45.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-01T20:22:16.305Z (7 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 3.2 MB
• Stars: 7
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Wanda Programming Language

Programming language for [a tutorial series on building a compiler](https://dev.to/jasonsbarr/how-to-create-your-own-programming-language-2642).

Yes, the language is named after Wanda Maximoff from Marvel comics and the MCU.

## The Language

Wanda is a simple language that compiles to JavaScript. It shares much with the semantics of JavaScript, including eager evaluation, first class functions that are closures, and prototypal objects with class syntax as a wrapper around the prototypal system.

It uses s-expressions for syntax like the Lisp family of languages, and some features are similar to Clojure. I've also borrowed some features from Racket.