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@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ JAPL is born thanks to the amazing work of Bob Nystrom that wrote a book availab
at [this](https://craftinginterpreters.com) link, where he describes the implementation of a simple language called Lox.
### What has been added from Lox
### What has been (or will be) added from Lox
- Possibility to delete variables with the `del` statement
- `break` statement
@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ at [this](https://craftinginterpreters.com) link, where he describes the impleme
- Nested comments
- Generators (__Coming soon__)
- A decent standard library with collections, I/O utilities and such (__Work in progress__)
- Modulo division (`%`) and exponentiation (`**`)
- `OP_CONSTANT_LONG` OpCode is implemented
- Differentiation between integers and floating point numbers
Other than that, JAPL features closures, function definitions, classes, inheritance and static scoping. You can check
the provided example `.jpl` files in the repo to find out more about JAPL.
@ -28,7 +32,7 @@ the provided example `.jpl` files in the repo to find out more about JAPL.
### Disclaimer
This project is currently a WIP (Work in Progress) and is not optimized nor complete.
The first version of the interpreter is written in Python, but there are plans to create a bytecode VM using nim in the near future.
The first version of the interpreter is written in Python, but a bytecode stack-based VM written in nim is being developed right now.
For other useful information, check the LICENSE file in this repo.