https://github.com/novara754/clara-lang

A toy programming language.
https://github.com/novara754/clara-lang

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A toy programming language.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/novara754/clara-lang
• Owner: novara754
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-05-31T13:34:58.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-02-17T12:01:58.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-01-14T23:13:15.571Z (12 months ago)
• Language: Rust
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• Size: 358 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Clara

Clara is an upcoming systems programming language.

The compiler generates native code through an LLVM backend.

See [the examples folder](./examples/) to see the language in action.

Use the following commands to compile an example:

```

$ cargo install --path .

$ clara ./path/to/example

```

The compiler will generate an object file and place it in the `./build` directory.

Afterwards in can be linked (such as with GCC) to produce an executable:

```

$ gcc -no-pie ./build/the_object.o ./lib/clara.c

$ ./a.out

```

**Note:** Cargo, Rust and LLVM 13 are required to compile the Clara compiler.

## Features

The language is still under heavily development and its future is yet unclear.

That being said, the following features have already been implemented:

- [x] Functions

  - [x] Extern functions

- [x] Structs

  - [x] Transparent structs

  - [x] Opaque structs

  - [x] Struct literals

  - [x] Struct field access

- [ ] Pointers

  - [x] Pointer types

  - [ ] Creating pointer values

  - [ ] Dereferencing pointer values

- [ ] Values

  - [x] Strings

  - [x] Integers

  - [x] Bools

  - [x] Arrays

- [ ] Control flow

  - [x] If-else statements

  - [x] While loops

  - [x] For loops

- [ ] FFI

  - [x] Using C functions as extern functions

  - [x] Using opaque C structs

  - [ ] Using transparent C structs

- [ ] ...

## License

Licensed under the [MIT License](./LICENSE).