https://github.com/mlochbaum/ILanguage

An interpreter for a J-inspired language
https://github.com/mlochbaum/ILanguage

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An interpreter for a J-inspired language

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mlochbaum/ILanguage
• Owner: mlochbaum
• License: isc
• Created: 2012-05-15T17:45:40.000Z (over 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-07-04T17:43:26.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-06T04:13:07.365Z (4 months ago)
• Language: C
• Size: 457 KB
• Stars: 88
• Watchers: 8
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# The I programming language

I is a language which generalizes the array and functional capabilities of

the array-programming language J to deal with a much broader variety of

data structures.

Some features and design goals of I include:

* Automatic mapping. Like J's array operations, I will map over lists,

  sets, associated arrays, and functions.

* Soft typing built into the core of the language.

* Automatic optimization when types are known, using JIT compilation.

* Functional programming. Everything in I is a function.

* Near-nonexistent syntax. Everything is function application.

* Whitespace defines the order of precedence in a visually intuitive way.

## Portability

The master branch contains version 0.1, which uses JIT compilation to do

some operations very quickly. The compilation currently targets only the

x86-64 architecture. Nearly all 64-bit desktop or laptop processors should

use this architecture, but if your machine does not, you may want to use

version 0.0, branch `v0.0`. All versions of I have only been tested on

Linux and would probably require a small amount of modification to work

with other operating systems.

## Building I

To build, run `gcc *.c -o I`. Then `./I` is a command-line interpreter.

## Resources

See [doc/introduction.md](doc/introduction.md) to begin learning about I.

The flash of insight that started I, built-in mapping, is documented at

[doc/BuiltInMapping/BuiltInMapping.pdf](doc/BuiltInMapping/BuiltInMapping.pdf).

It is presented in a manner that should be accessible to programmers

without any specific language knowledge aside from functional programming.