https://github.com/terahlunah/fox

Work in progress concatenative language interpreter, expect breakages and api changes
https://github.com/terahlunah/fox

compiler concatenative design language

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Work in progress concatenative language interpreter, expect breakages and api changes

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/terahlunah/fox
• Owner: terahlunah
• Created: 2022-06-26T16:49:13.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-06-22T08:55:16.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-31T20:28:12.632Z (7 days ago)
• Topics: compiler, concatenative, design, language
• Language: Rust
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• Size: 35.2 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# Fox 🦊 

_Warning: this is a WIP language_

Fox is a statically typed, stack-based, concatenative programming language.  

It is designed to balance minimalism and ergonomics.

Design was inspired by Kitten, Rust, Haskell and F#.

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## Features

- ### Concatenative

  The main operation in Fox is function composition.

  This makes refactoring program an easy task.

- ### Stack Based

  Functions work by operating on the stack. 

  Code is mostly written in point free style, but Fox also support named binding.

- ### Statically Typed

  Type checking happens at compile time. This ensures code correctness.

- ### Standalone Interpreter

  The standalone interpreter allows `.fox` files to be run directly from the command line  

  ```$> fox my_script.fox```

- ### Rust Interface

  Being built with rust, Fox (will) come with a simple-to-use interface to embed Fox scripts in your programs.

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## [Language overview](language.md)

An overview of the language.

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## Examples

- Hello world

```

"Hello world!" print                # `print` consume a `String` from the top of the stack and prints it

```  

- Greeter

```

def greet = 

    -> name                         # pop the top stack value and store it in `name`

    ["Hello, ", name, "!"] concat   # concat convert a `String List` to a `String`

    print                           # `print` consume a `String` from the top of the stack and prints it

"What is your name? " prompt        # `prompt` push a `String` on the stack from user input

greet                               # `greet` consume a `String` from the stack and greets the user

```

- [Factorial](examples/fact.fox)