Si

Don't worry! This project has nothing to do with actual Silicon...

What is this?

This is a programming language. Name is a pun of C.

In the past, my projects were either purely translated, interpreted, or compiled. This time, I want to explore something similar to constexpr in C++. In other words, add constructs to allow code to be executed during compile time. I also want to experiment more with side effect free functions.

How will it look?

This project is still very much in the prototype phase, therefore it's hard to say. Whatever is in the spec/ directory is how it looks at the moment.

How to build?

Use the gradle wrapper:

• ./gradlew test to test
• ./gradlew build to build
• ./gradlew assemble to create a distributable zip or tarball
• ./gradlew run to run, must supply arguments via --args (see How to use?)

Requires at least JDK 8 to be installed

How to use?

usage: Si [options...] file
options:
 -h, --help         Print this help message
 -o <file>          Write output to <file>
 --stdout           Write output to standard output stream
 --emit-ir          Emit internal representation (default)
 --emit-c99         Emit C99 code
 -e <func>          Specifies the entry point, must have signature ()int8
 -t                 Premature optimize code

⬆️ The output you will get by running -h or --help

Also, if you invoke through the gradle wrapper, you would do (notice the leading space):

# This compiles ./spec/funcs.si to C99 code and prints it
./gradlew run --args ' --emit-c99 --stdout ./spec/funcs.si'

What license?

MPL 2.0