https://github.com/luapp-org/luapp

The Lua++ programming language. A simple type based programming language that inherited its syntax from Lua.
https://github.com/luapp-org/luapp

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The Lua++ programming language. A simple type based programming language that inherited its syntax from Lua.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/luapp-org/luapp
• Owner: luapp-org
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-01-24T20:53:12.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-06-22T21:10:23.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T15:23:27.738Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: c, compiler, language, lua, programming-language
• Language: C
• Homepage: https://www.luaplusplus.org/
• Size: 3.07 MB
• Stars: 50
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 8
• Open Issues: 4
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Lua++ programming language

This is the Lua++ C lang build, currently in development but is soon to be completed. If you are interested in learning more about this project, please visit our website: [luaplusplus.org](https://www.luaplusplus.org). This codebase is not specifically tweaked to a certain compiler, so any C/C++ compiler should be able to build this project easily. Personally, I recommend building it with ```gcc``` although ```clang``` or ```MSVSC``` would also work fine.

Disclamer

> Lua++ is still under heavy development so when you are testing the programming language keep that in mind. There are a LOT of minor bugs spread around in the codebase so don't expect a production ready application. Otherwise, thank you for showing interest in Lua++.

### How to use

1. Make sure that you have ``make``, ``flex``, and ``bison`` installed. To install them on a Linux machine run the following commands:

```

sudo apt update

sudo apt install flex

sudo apt install bison

sudo apt install make

```

2. Enter the main source folder and build the desired project (e.g. ```make interpreter```)

3. Then run the binary that was produced by this command

```

./bin/luapp

...

```

### Compiler

> Note: compiler development moved to [lorraine](https://github.com/luapp-org/lorraine).

The current complier is very user friendly. It consists of four stages: ``lexer``, ``parser``, ``ir``, and ``codegen``. These are all toggable via the ``-s`` command line argument. This gives you the ability to inspect each stage of the compiler in detail. The usage for the compiler binary is provided below:

```

luappc -s [lexer|parser|type|symbol|ir|codgen] -o [outputfile] [inputfile]

 -s : indicates the name of the stage to stop after.

      Defaults to the last stage.

 -o : name of the output file. Defaults to "output.s"

You should pass the name of the file to compile.

```