A mini proof of concept bytecode interpreted Programing Language

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Why?

I find compilers and interpreters fascinating and I was curious about what happens when you click the compile button in an IDE. In an attempt to understand, I started working on this :D

About 📖

Rune is an intuitive, high-level dynamically typed Programming Language.

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Rune's Interpreter & Compiler ⚙️

Rune lang has an inbuilt interpreter, compiler and interactive shell for invoking and interacting with rune lang's API and instances of rune's runtime environements.

• Interpreter design

• Compiler design

Note: Rune's interpreter & compiler are still in development.

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Features 🧮

Rune supports the following:

• integers
• booleans
• strings
• arrays
• hashes
• prefix-, infix- and index operators
• conditionals
• global and local bindings
• first-class functions
• return statements
• closures

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Sample language code syntax 🔨

let name = "rune";
let version = 1.0;
let inspirations = ["Scheme", "Lisp", "JavaScript"];
let lang = {
"title": "rune",
"version": "1.0",
"author": "xasterKies"
};

let printLangName = fn(title) {
let title = book["title"];
let author = book["author"];
puts(author + " - " + title);
};

printLangName(title);
// => prints: "xasterKies - rune"

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Installation 💾:

Source 📜:

You need Go 1.21.6+ installed.

# clone the repo
$ git clone https://github.com/xasterKies/rune/

# Navigate into the repo
$ cd rune

# Run the REPL(Read Eval Print Loop)
$ go run main.go

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Contributing 👥 🔧:

Note: You need Go 1.21.6+ and git installed.

# clone the repo and Navigate into repo
$ git clone https://github.com/xasterKies/rune/ && cd rune

# create a branch to host your feature

Just hack on it as you wish!

The rune folder has the following structure:-

$ tree
rune
.
| -ast #abstract syntax tree
| -lexer
| -parser
| -repl #read eval print loop
| -token 
| -resources #random associated files to rune
.

Note: This structure can change since its still in development.

Feel free to open a PR or issue to discuss any bugs 🪲, improvements 📈, Ideas 💡, etc.

If you find a typo, help me fix it... Thanks.