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@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ A basic programming language written in Nim
## Project structure ## Project structure
The project is split into several directories and submodules to ease human inspection: The project is split into several directories and submodules:
- `README.md` -> This file here (lol)
- `docs` -> Contains markdown files with the various specifications for NimVM (bytecode, grammar, etc) - `docs` -> Contains markdown files with the various specifications for NimVM (bytecode, grammar, etc)
- `docs/bytecode.md` -> Lays out the bytecode specification for NimVM as well as serialization guidelines - `docs/bytecode.md` -> Lays out the bytecode specification for NimVM as well as serialization guidelines
- `docs/grammar.md` -> Formal grammar specification in EBNF syntax - `docs/grammar.md` -> Formal grammar specification in EBNF syntax
@ -45,9 +44,9 @@ The compilation toolchain has been designed as follows:
- constant folding (meaning 1 + 2 will be replaced with 3 instead of producing 2 constant opcodes and 1 addition opcode) - constant folding (meaning 1 + 2 will be replaced with 3 instead of producing 2 constant opcodes and 1 addition opcode)
- global name resolution. This is possible because NimVM's syntax only allows for globals to be defined in a way that - global name resolution. This is possible because NimVM's syntax only allows for globals to be defined in a way that
is statically inferrable, so "name error" exceptions can be caught before any code is even ran. is statically inferrable, so "name error" exceptions can be caught before any code is even ran.
- throw warnings for things like unreachable code after return statements (optional) - throw warnings for things like unreachable code after return statements (optional).
The optimizer also detects attempts to modify a constant's or a let's value at compile-time. The optimizer also detects attempts to modify a constant's or a let's value at compile-time.
- Once the optimizater is done, the compiler takes the AST and compiles it to bytecode for it to be later interpreted - Once the optimizater is done, the compiler takes the AST and compiles it to bytecode for it to be later interpreted
by our virtual machine implementation by our virtual machine implementation